NATO estimated that 40,000 Russian soldiers have been killed, injured, imprisoned or missing since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, while US President Joe Biden and the leaders of the Atlantic Alliance met in Brussels for a summit to discuss the provision of more support for Kiev.
Between 7,000 and 15,000 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine, a senior military official of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said. Russia may also have lost 10% of its equipment, damaging Moscow's ability to maintain its pace of operations, another NATO official said, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The casualty count would show the extent to which Russia's attack on Ukraine has become complicated by what defence experts attribute to a series of operational errors.
US estimates of Russian casualties “are not that high,” a senior US defense official told journalists Wednesday, referring to NATO estimates, but refused to provide an alternative figure. Some US officials have estimated in recent days that up to 7,000 Russian soldiers have died, according to information from The Wall Street Journal.
NATO is expected to increase pressure on Russia this Thursday when alliance leaders meet in Brussels. “We are determined to do everything we can to support Ukraine,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday. “I hope that the allies will agree to provide additional support, including cybersecurity assistance, as well as equipment to help Ukraine protect against chemical, biological and radiological and nuclear threats,” he added.
Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky is betting that the NATO summit, which will be followed by a meeting of the Group of Seven and then that of the leaders of the European Union, will result in more aid to his country and sanctions against Russia. “Three important summits this week: the G-7, NATO and the EU. New sanctions packages, new aid,” said the president, who is believed to participate in each of the meetings virtually.
In his evening speech, Zelensky called on citizens around the world to show their support for Ukraine on Thursday, March 24, when the Russian invasion is one month ago.
“Go to your squares, to your streets. Make yourselves seen and heard. Say that people matter. Freedom matters. Peace matters. Ukraine matters,” he said in Ukrainian, English and Russian.
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