PUTIN'S elite special forces have suffered a staggering 95 per cent casualty rate during the war in Ukraine, leaked Pentagon documents have revealed.
The formidable Spetsnaz forces have been "extremely depleted" on the battlefield, with several units only narrowly avoiding being wiped out in the first weeks of the invasion.
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US intel said this reveals that "all but one of five Russian Separate Spetsnaz Brigades that returned from combat operations in Ukraine in late summer 2022 suffered significant losses."
The Special Forces unit was reported to have sustained an estimated 90 to 95 per cent attrition rate in the following months.
The leaked documents claim the 346th Spetsnaz unit "lost nearly the entire brigade with only 125 personnel active out of 900 deployed."
The 25th Spetsnaz Regiment is alleged to not have ever made it back from Ukraine, possibly due to significant losses of men and equipment.
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The formidable Spetsnaz forces have been "extremely depleted" on the battlefield, with several units only narrowly avoiding being wiped out in the first weeks of the invasion.
[...]
US intel said this reveals that "all but one of five Russian Separate Spetsnaz Brigades that returned from combat operations in Ukraine in late summer 2022 suffered significant losses."
The Special Forces unit was reported to have sustained an estimated 90 to 95 per cent attrition rate in the following months.
The leaked documents claim the 346th Spetsnaz unit "lost nearly the entire brigade with only 125 personnel active out of 900 deployed."
The 25th Spetsnaz Regiment is alleged to not have ever made it back from Ukraine, possibly due to significant losses of men and equipment.
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Putin’s Special Forces wiped out on Ukraine battlefield, leaked doc reveal
PUTIN’S elite special forces have suffered a staggering 95 per cent casualty rate during the war in Ukraine, leaked Pentagon documents have revealed. The formidable Spetsnaz forces have been …
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