“A meat grinder” –

The Russian military death toll in Ukraine has now passed the 50,000 mark. This was revealed by the BBC, which specifies that in the second year of the war, deaths on the front line increased by 25 percent compared to the previous year. In the report, the Russian BBC, the independent media group Mediazona and volunteers counted deaths since February 2022 and took into account new graves in cemeteries, as well as analyzing open source information from official reports, newspapers and social media. And a real meat grinder has emerged.

«According to our results – writes the British broadcaster – more than 27,300 Russian soldiers died in the second year of combat, demonstrating how the territorial conquests entailed an enormous human cost. The term meat grinder – continues the BBC – has been used to describe the way in which Moscow relentlessly sends waves of soldiers to try to weaken Ukrainian forces and expose their positions to Russian artillery. The overall death toll, of more than 50,000, is eight times higher than the only official public acknowledgment of the death toll ever provided by Moscow in September 2022. The actual number of Russian deaths is likely to be much higher.”

«Our analysis does not include the deaths of militiamen in Donetsk and Luhansk, in eastern Ukraine, occupied by the Russians – the report specifies -. If they were added, the death toll on the Russian side would be even higher. On the other hand, Ukraine rarely declares the extent of its battlefield casualties. In February, President Volodymyr Zelensky said 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed, but estimates, based on American intelligence, suggest higher losses.” A conflict that is a massacre.