UK Spy Chief Anne Keast-Butler Estimates Nearly 500,000 Russian Soldiers Killed In Ukraine War
The UK's GCHQ chief, Anne Keast-Butler, announced that nearly 500,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine since 2022. She claimed Russian forces are 'going backwards on the battlefield' for the first time since late 2022. The conflict has reached a near stalemate after over four years.
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UK spy chief reveals new estimate of Russia's massive losses in Ukraine The Kyiv Independent
Nearly 500,000 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine war, says UK's spy agency WION
Anne Keast-Butler says Russian forces are ‘going backwards on the battlefield’ for first time since late 2022 Nearly half a million Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine since the start of Vladimir Putin’s invasion more than four years ago, according to a new estimate from the head of the British spy agency GCHQ. Anne Keast-Butler, the chief of the electronic intelligence agency, said in her first speech in the job that Russian forces were “going backwards on the battlefield” inside Ukraine for the first time since late 2022. Continue reading...
Nearly 500,000 Russian soldiers are estimated to have been killed in Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine since it began in 2022, a top British intelligence official has said, as the conflicts grinds to a near stalemate.