British intelligence has reported that ethnic minorities from Russian regions far from Moscow and St. Petersburg are suffering disproportionate losses in the war in Ukraine.
in that Sunday update On the course of the war in Ukraine, the British Ministry of Defense (MoD) has confirmed that Russia continues to “suffer very heavy losses” – but that the impact of this “varies significantly” depending on which part of the sprawling Eurasian country is in. It is considered.
“In many eastern regions, fatalities, as a percentage of the population, are likely to be 30+ times higher than in Moscow. In some places, ethnic minorities are hardest hit; in Astrakhan, about 75 percent of casualties come from the Kazakh minority.” And the Tatars, ”according to the Ministry of Defense.
Bordering Poland in the west and North Korea in the east, the Russian Federation is more ethnically diverse than many realize, with a patchwork of autonomous republics, krais, okrugs, and other so-called federal subjects that are often non-Russian in majority, and the majority religion is Islam or Buddhism rather than of Russian Orthodox Christianity.
It also hosts a large number of immigrants from Central Asia, which is what Moscow used to be Actively recruit for the war effort, promising quick citizenship in exchange for a year of military service.
The illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine continues.
The map below is the latest Defense Intelligence Agency update on the situation in Ukraine – March 11, 2023.
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– Department of Defense (DefenceHQ) March 12, 2023
The intelligence update confirmed that “relative to the size of their populations, the richest cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg were relatively unscathed.”
They added that this is “particularly true of the country’s elite families” – although this is somewhat different Former British claims that Russian generals die in extraordinarily large numbers in war.
The British suggested that “while the Russian Ministry of Defense seeks to address its continuing deficit in combat personnel, isolating the well-to-do and more influential elements of Russian society will likely remain a major consideration”.
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– BreitbartLondon March 11, 2023
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