Nearly 500,000 Russian Soldiers Killed In Ukraine Since Start Of All-Out War, British Intelligence Says

(RFE/RL) 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. The figure, announced in a speech on May 27 by the director of the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) tracks with other estimates made in recent months by other Western governments, as well as independent media organizations. Anne Keast-Butler echoed other British government warnings that Russia was “relentlessly targeting critical infrastructure, democratic processes, supply chains, and public trust” in Britain and across Europe. GCHQ is Britain’s top signals intelligence unit, the equivalent to the US National Security Agency. – Nearly 500,000 Russian Soldiers Killed In Ukraine Since Start Of All-Out War, British Intelligence Says