> Russia’s proposed 2024 budget allocates funding to the families of 102,700 military personnel killed in Ukraine, giving insight into Moscow’s likely death toll in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine that began in February 2022.
> The figures, which have not been independently verified by Newsweek, were reported on Thursday by independent Russian news outlet Mozhem Obyasnit, which analyzed Russia’s federal budget draft for 2024 to 2026. The publication notes that in addition to one-time insurance payments for military personnel killed in Ukraine, relatives also receive monthly compensation of 21,922.12 rubles ($225) from the Social Fund of Russia.
> For the 2024 budget, the government allocated 16.335 billion rubles ($168,335,278) to relatives of military personnel who were injured or died. Of this figure, 9.987 billion rubles ($102,917,932) is allocated for monthly payments to the relatives of soldiers who experienced trauma.
> The remaining budget—5.798 billion rubles ($59,749,491)—is to be paid to the families of killed military personnel, with 550 million rubles ($5,667,854) set aside to repair homes, if the killed serviceman was previously the breadwinner of the family.
> The remaining 5.248 billion rubles ($54,081,637) of the budget, divided by the government’s monthly payment of 21,922.12 rubles ($225), is enough to pay the families of 239,300 killed military personnel, Mozhem Obyasnit reported, noting that the budget includes personnel killed in other conflicts as well as Ukraine.
> According to the publication, the government’s expenses more than doubled compared to 2022, and the difference of 2.250 billion rubles ($23,151,125.25), divided by the monthly payment, suggests Russia will need to pay the families of 102,700 military personnel killed in Putin’s war in Ukraine.
> “According to the authorities’ forecasts, 100,000 Russian military personnel will die within two years of the [war],” Mozhem Obyasnit reported.
The 100,000 dead Russian troops are believable and are in the middle of Western figures calculated, the Ukraine figure of 15,500 to 17,500 dead is not believable.
Multiply by 3 or 4 the reason being Russians “discharging” most of its KIA either by leaving them on the battlefield or by directly incinerating them in-situ using special mobile incinerators, then claiming those KIA as missing.
There’s another post, presumably from the Ukrainian mod claiming nearly 3 times the KIAs.
Just goes to show the picture for Ukraine is a lot bleaker than this sub tends to believe, given the war has devolved to one of attrition
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> Russia’s proposed 2024 budget allocates funding to the families of 102,700 military personnel killed in Ukraine, giving insight into Moscow’s likely death toll in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine that began in February 2022.
> The figures, which have not been independently verified by Newsweek, were reported on Thursday by independent Russian news outlet Mozhem Obyasnit, which analyzed Russia’s federal budget draft for 2024 to 2026. The publication notes that in addition to one-time insurance payments for military personnel killed in Ukraine, relatives also receive monthly compensation of 21,922.12 rubles ($225) from the Social Fund of Russia.
> For the 2024 budget, the government allocated 16.335 billion rubles ($168,335,278) to relatives of military personnel who were injured or died. Of this figure, 9.987 billion rubles ($102,917,932) is allocated for monthly payments to the relatives of soldiers who experienced trauma.
> The remaining budget—5.798 billion rubles ($59,749,491)—is to be paid to the families of killed military personnel, with 550 million rubles ($5,667,854) set aside to repair homes, if the killed serviceman was previously the breadwinner of the family.
> The remaining 5.248 billion rubles ($54,081,637) of the budget, divided by the government’s monthly payment of 21,922.12 rubles ($225), is enough to pay the families of 239,300 killed military personnel, Mozhem Obyasnit reported, noting that the budget includes personnel killed in other conflicts as well as Ukraine.
> According to the publication, the government’s expenses more than doubled compared to 2022, and the difference of 2.250 billion rubles ($23,151,125.25), divided by the monthly payment, suggests Russia will need to pay the families of 102,700 military personnel killed in Putin’s war in Ukraine.
> “According to the authorities’ forecasts, 100,000 Russian military personnel will die within two years of the [war],” Mozhem Obyasnit reported.
The 100,000 dead Russian troops are believable and are in the middle of Western figures calculated, the Ukraine figure of 15,500 to 17,500 dead is not believable.
Multiply by 3 or 4 the reason being Russians “discharging” most of its KIA either by leaving them on the battlefield or by directly incinerating them in-situ using special mobile incinerators, then claiming those KIA as missing.
There’s another post, presumably from the Ukrainian mod claiming nearly 3 times the KIAs.
Just goes to show the picture for Ukraine is a lot bleaker than this sub tends to believe, given the war has devolved to one of attrition