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The original was posted on /r/ukrainewarvideoreport by /u/EnvironmentHead7907 on 2024-11-16 10:32:03+00:00.

The approximately one week of training is not enough: Russia has recorded a sharp increase in deaths within the army in the Ukraine war. In addition, the fighters are getting older and are only trained very compactly. The Russian soldiers in the Ukraine war are getting older, poorly trained and dying more quickly than when the fighting began almost three years ago. This is the conclusion reached by the BBC. The Russian branch of the British television station continuously evaluates the official data on Russia’s fallen soldiers. In the past three months, two record highs have been recorded: both in the number of deaths and in their ages.

Accordingly, “the increase in confirmed deaths is now the highest during the entire duration of the war,” reports the BBC. Specifically, this is 1.6 times the number of deaths compared to the same period last year. At the same time, there are twice as many as in 2022. The BBC estimates the increase is linked to the intensity of the attacks. For example, the deployment of Russian armed forces in the Donetsk region claimed many victims. Another possibility to justify the increased numbers is “the gradual confirmation of the losses in the Kursk region” by the Russian authorities or the consequences of the Ukrainian offensive in the summer.

23 percent of those who died were volunteers, making up the largest proportion of death reports. They only registered for military service when the invasion of Ukraine was already underway. Contract soldiers and prisoners make up almost the same proportion of the dead. Umbach: “Russian losses are exorbitantly high” Russia’s dead are now almost twice as old While at the beginning of the war the victims were on average 21 years old and members of elite units, they are now dying at an average age of 38 years. “At least 56 percent of all deaths were people who were not associated with the Russian army at the start of the war,” summarizes the BBC. The analysts also emphasize that the period between signing the contract and reporting missing persons or deaths is becoming shorter: soldiers would only undergo “minimal training” of three to ten days. Many volunteers would die or go missing after 12 to 18 days. “The contract was signed on September 12, 2024. On September 20, the soldier was sent to the zone of the Northern Military District, declared missing on September 24. In total: twelve days from the signing of the contract,” blogger Anastasia Kashevarova describes a typical case at the BBC. The broadcaster further reports that despite these results, Russia has no problems finding new fighters. More and more volunteers would sign up for the war.