Russia planned to surround Kyiv within three days, bring down the government, and conquer most of Ukraine in less than a month. In reality 900 days on, these objectives have failed, the UK Defense Intelligence reports.
Since May 2024, the average daily russian casualty count has been more than 1,000 russian soldiers killed or wounded. Russia has now likely suffered more than half a million needless casualties and deaths.
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Russia has probably spent up to $211 billion to directly finance their illegal invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine has cost far more and achieved far less than Putin planned.
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