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Viktor Zemskov puts total military dead (1941–45) at 11.5 million. [8] A 2013 academic study put Soviet military dead at 11.4 million. [100] In addition to the war dead there were 622,000 persons who remained abroad after the war. [3] Births and natural deaths during war are rough estimates since vital statistics were inaccurate.
The Russian military is top-heavy, with generals playing a larger role in day-to-day operations than in other militaries. [7] [81] Russian battalion commanders were given more authority only three years before the invasion. [13] According to analysts and Western officials, Russia had deployed approximately 20 general officers to Ukraine.
The post-Soviet government of Russia puts the Soviet war 'losses' at 26.6 million, on the basis of the 1993 study by the Russian Academy of Sciences, including people dying as a result of battle and war related exposure. This includes 8,668,400 military deaths as calculated by the Russian Ministry of Defense. [226] [227]
In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on July 12, 2024, Russian soldiers operate a Supercam drone in an undisclosed location (AP)
1972–1984. Rank. Lieutenant colonel. Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov ( Russian: Станисла́в Евгра́фович Петро́в; 7 September 1939 – 19 May 2017) was a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces who played a key role in the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident. [1] On 26 September 1983, three weeks after ...
He was a kickboxing athlete and world champion in the national team of Ukraine and was posthumously awarded as Hero of Ukraine. [ 21][ 22] On 1 April, Yuriy Ruf, a poet, was killed while fighting Russian forces in Luhansk. [ 23] On 7 April, Oleksii Yanin, former world kick-boxing champion, was killed in battle in Mariupol.
Rossiya-24 claimed Poddubny came under fire from a Ukrainian drone while reporting in Kursk region, where Russia’s military said it has been battling to contain an incursion by up to 1,000 soldiers.
As of 16 July 2024, at least 151 (40 T-90A, 1 T-90AK, 10 T-90S and 100 T-90M) have been lost in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [ 51] Infantry fighting vehicles (There are up to 2,800 BMP-1/2s in storage in addition to the numbers below) [ 52] BMP-1. Infantry fighting vehicle.