"Running": The elite brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation lost almost 50% of its composition in Ukraine - BBC
The journalists were able to establish the names of 234 fighters of 155 brigades who died during a full -scale war in Ukraine. "This is four times more than the loss of this unit for ten years of war in Chechnya," the media emphasized. There are 18 officers among the dead. In particular, the life was lost by the head of the armored service, Lieutenant Colonel Sergey Moskvichev, four majors and five captains. The media people counted only those whose death was informed publicly.
The real number of losses can be approximately 470 people. For the calculation, the seriously wounded used the formula that every dead Russian occupier has about 1. 7-2 severe "300". That is, the number of such fighters is 155 brigade - 940 people. It is also known that 42 servicemen have disappeared.
"So, even with the most conservative assessment of the loss of personnel of the 155th brigade, there may be exceeding 1450 people, taking into account the dead, seriously injured and missing," the media said. At the same time, according to Western analysts, in February 2022, the number of the brigade was 3000 people. That is, the losses are almost 50% of the composition.
155 The brigade has participated in the battles since the beginning of the full -scale invasion of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation into the territory of Ukraine. In this case, the Marines were forced to perform the tasks of the infantry. According to the media, the black berets suffered significant losses in the Kiev region. Later, the soldiers were accused of war crimes in Bucha. However, the most dead 155 brigade brought an offensive on the coal.
"Only in our list of confirmed losses are: Combat, two deputy battalion commander and 5 company commanders. It will take at least 7-8 years to prepare these specialists," the journalists reported. It was not until November last year that at least 57 elite marines were killed near the village of Pavlovka, and nine other - missing. The invaders who were in the front in October-November of 2022 told about the effective "tactics" of the command. However, this result was more of the Armed Forces.
The military elite was released on the battlefield without giving any clear instructions. Marines did not even know where they were. "The supply was not enough, the shelling began, the people ran where, the commander disappeared or died," the media described. As a result, the Russian military began to act chaotic and disintegrated into separate groups. They were soon reached or captured. The mobilized who arrived later - in November or December, was more fortunate.
They were already more cohesive and better equipment. "But another problem has arisen. It turned out that such units were trained in one specialties, such as artillerymen, and were thrown into the infantry at the front. As a result, the mobilized again found on the forefront," the journalists said. According to analysts, Russian soldiers and junior officers are now taught "on the fly". Thanks to this, the 155 brigade still exists and even continues to suffer losses by storming the coal.