During the battles in the Soledar -Bakhmut section, 4000 Wagner PMC mercenaries died, 10,000 were injured. It is reported by Financial Times with reference to the assessments of the American authorities.
According to Washington’s calculations, 50,000 people consist of Wagner PMCs, John Kirby said the official representative of the White House National Security Council. Of these, 40,000 – prisoners recruited in Russian prisons and only 10,000 are professional military.
American officials note that defenders, as a rule, suffer less losses than strikers, but in urban conditions the losses of Armed Forces are comparable to Russian. “Ukrainians suffer losses every day. Russia expects that Ukraine will end first. Perhaps difficult times are coming. Ukrainians are not bulletproof,” the interlocutor ft.
admitted.
“Ideally, Ukraine will be able to hold the line [around Bahmuth] by minimal forces and prepare for the spring counter -access. But it may turn out that the Ukrainians will get bogged down there,” the University of War from the University of Walorus warned.