Take Russian, NATO, and Ukrainian casualty figures with a pinch of salt.
This being said, all the information we do have does seem to indicate Russia is in serious trouble. Not because of the amount of losses, Putin doesn’t seem to care about the long term damage this will cause and how Russia is now fucked in the long term, but because of the economy. Russian media are full of stories which suggests the economy is in real trouble.
The first casualty of war is the truth.
Take Russian, NATO, and Ukrainian casualty figures with a pinch of salt.
This being said, all the information we do have does seem to indicate Russia is in serious trouble. Not because of the amount of losses, Putin doesn’t seem to care about the long term damage this will cause and how Russia is now fucked in the long term, but because of the economy. Russian media are full of stories which suggests the economy is in real trouble.