Kremlin expects up to 100,000 conscripts will be killed or injured before spring 2023

Russia hopes to stabilise the situation on the front in Ukraine in winter in order to resume offensive actions in spring. The Kremlin expects that the Russian army will suffer an irreversible loss of up to 100,000 conscripts.

Source: Vazhnye Istorii (Important Stories), an independent Russian investigative reporting media outlet, with reference to two sources: one close to Russia’s Federal Security Service and another, to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

Details: Vazhnye Istorii reported that according to its sources, Russian leaders recognise that a new wave of hostilities in the spring will bring about significant losses.

"Up to 100,000 soldiers might be killed or injured by next spring. But no one is worried about this: they will be replaced by conscripts," a source close to Russia’s Federal Security Service told Vazhnye Istorii.

A source close to the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces shared a similar prediction, saying that the Kremlin expects that Russia’s losses in Ukraine would amount to around 100,000, the majority of whom are conscripts.

The source told Vazhnye Istorii that Russia’s Ministry of Defence is planning to train 120,000 conscripts who will be deployed in Ukraine to replenish Russia’s losses. The source explained that that was the reason why Putin has not yet annulled the decree on partial mobilisation.

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