Over the six months of the war in Ukraine, more than 900 Russian elite military specialists were killed, including special forces, marines and paratroopers. This was reported by the journalist of the Russian BBC service.
The author of the material came to this conclusion by analyzing the list of confirmed dead Russian military, which BBC is conducting with the Mediazone and the team of volunteers. The publication notes that these figures do not reflect the real number of losses, but make it possible to evaluate the approximate number of the dead fighters of special forces.
on September 1, according to open data, journalists found that 245 employees of the Russian Guard, mainly fighters of special forces, brothers and riot police, as well as 151 soldiers of the GRU special forces, were killed in the war. Almost every fourth of those who died in the Russian Guard and GRU special forces – officer.
Among other dead elite military specialists: Marine infantry – 337 people; Airborne Forces – 144 people; military pilots – 67 people; FSB and FSO – 20 people.
Analysis of the published necrologists showed that the 22nd Guards Special Forces brigade suffered the greatest losses during the invasion of Ukraine. At least 30 military brigades died, including four officers – company commander (while there are only four special forces company in the brigade).
The author writes that the loss of special forces officers may be the most sensitive to the Russian army. In the case of the release of ordinary specialists of a fighter of another specialty who came to replace, you can re -read in a few weeks, and when the commander of the GRU special forces company dies, only an officer of the same military specialty can replace it. At least four years need to prepare the lieutenant of the corresponding qualification. And in order to lead the company, the lieutenant must gain experience and go to the captain, which will require another four years. In total, according to experts, at least eight years of training.
BBC also writes about 67 Russian military pilots who died during the invasion of Ukraine. The publication notes that crews of combat aircraft and helicopters are piece specialists and elite of any army in the world. The preparation of one pilot-Sniper can occupy 15-17 years and costs $ 12-14 million.