Number of Russian soldiers killed - 14,500-15,000
Number of Russian soldiers wounded - 35,000
Number of Russian soldiers who served in the war - 620,000 (Shun Culture: 16 May 2024) (my emphasis)
Yet, as Flora Drury (right) and Tabby Wilson reported yesterday (4 July 2025),
"Russia has become the first country to formally recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan, sparking outrage from opposition figures." (BBC News: 4 July 2025) (my emphasis)
Fast foreward to today (5 July 2025), and the current casualties of Russian soldiers in Putin's war with Ukraine is estimated as,
Yet even in the face of these horrendous Russian losses, as the Ukrainain army continues with the defence of their land, Putin continues to acccellerate his brutal onslaught against the civilians of Ukraine.
"Vladimir Putin ordered the largest-ever bombardment of Ukraine hours after coming off the phone to Donald Trump.
More than 550 drones and missiles were launched at Ukraine overnight, with Kyiv bearing the brunt of the seven-hour barrage. It left one dead, 23 injured and the capital choked by explosions, smoke and fires." (The Telegraph on Yahoo News: 4 July 2025) (my emphasis)
"One person has been killed and 26 others were injured after a night of intensive Russian strikes on almost every district in Kyiv, officials say.
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The strikes came hours after a call between US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin, after which Trump said he was "disappointed" that Putin was not ready to end the war against Ukraine.
Moscow says the war will continue for as long as it is necessary to reach its objectives." (BBC: 4 July 2025) (my emphasis)
Futhermore, as also reported by Sky News on the call between Trump and Putin on 3rd July 2025,
"In response [to Trump], Mr Putin said "Russia will not back down" from its aims [in Ukraine] there, which include "the elimination of the well-known root causes that led to the current state of affairs," Mr Ushakov said.
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Mr Trump later addressed the call while speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews, where he said he "didn't make any progress with [Putin] today". (Sky News: 3 July 2025) (my emphasis)
In his subsequent call with Zelenbsky, Trump stated that,
However, in an interview at Times Radio, Bill Browder (right) warned that,
"And given all the rhetoric around 'America First' "Why are we spending money on Ukraine when we have our own problems ... etc ... etc", it's hard, or almost impossible to imagine, that a new 'military aid package' for Ukraine will be approved ..." (Times Radio: 4 July 2025: YouTube)
With all his 'bravado' in front of the Russian public, Putin desperately met in Novo-Ogaryovo on 4th Luly 2025 with the permanent members of his Security Council (read: 'siloviki') viz. :-
"Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Presidential Aide Nikolai Patrushev, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, and Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov."
His 'failing' war in Ukraine, exemplified by his 'manic and desperate bombing' of the civilians of Ukraine, was the main topic of conversation.
This was followed by the accelerating effects on the declining living standards of the Russian people as the Russian economy continues to melt down
"President Donald Trump said he was unhappy with Russian President Vladimir Putin and would be sending Ukraine more defensive weapons, days after the Pentagon said it would halt some shipments as it conducted a review of U.S. military stockpiles.
"We're going to send some more weapons – we have to. They have to be able to defend themselves," Trump told reporters July 7 during a White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "They're getting hit very hard now. They're getting hit very hard. We're going to have to send more weapons – your defensive weapons, primarily."
"And given all the rhetoric around 'America First' "Why are we spending money on Ukraine when we have our own problems ... etc ... etc", it's hard, or almost impossible to imagine, that a new 'military aid package' for Ukraine will be approved ..." (Times Radio: 4 July 2025: YouTube),
we will wait and see IF, and more importantly, "WHEN", supplying defensive weapons for Ukraine will be resumed by the Pentagon.
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