More than 100,000 Russian military personnel were killed or wounded in Ukraine. Also the Ukrainian army with a similar figure. Ukraine and Russia are facing a potential winter truce, according to analysts this is a situation for an opportunity for some kind of negotiation. “When there is an opportunity to negotiate, when it is possible to reach peace, seize the moment”
About 100,000 Russian soldiers have been killed and wounded since the invasion of Ukraine, the armed forces of Kyiv have probably suffered a similar number of casualties, the top US general said. The words of General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Army last night (Wednesday ), reveal the highest U.S. death toll estimate so far in the nearly nine-month-old war, and they come as Ukraine and Russia face a potential winter truce, which analysts say is an opportunity for some negotiation.
When asked about the prospects for diplomacy in Ukraine, Milley noted that the early refusal to negotiate in World War I increased human suffering and led to millions more casualties. “So when there is an opportunity to negotiate, when it is possible to reach peace, seize the moment,” Milli said.
Russia is signaling that it is looking for a truce, as we recall last night Russia announced that its troops would withdraw from the west bank of the Dnieper River near the strategic city of Kherson in southern Ukraine, a significant withdrawal and a potential turning point in the war.
General Milley said that preliminary data indicate that Russia is continuing its withdrawal from Harsan. But he warned it could take time. “It won’t take them a day or two, it will take them days – maybe even weeks – to pull those forces south of that river,” Milley said, estimating that Russia probably has 20,000 to 30,000 troops north of the Dnieper.
Mili said the conflict has so far killed an estimated 40,000 Ukrainian civilians. “You’re looking at over 100,000 Russian soldiers dead and wounded. The same probably on the Ukrainian side. A lot of human suffering,” Mili said