Intel britannica: le perdite russe in Ucraina superano 1,1 milioni di soldati dal 2022

That is nothing…

Sounds about right, also matches the Ukrainian count

One more supporting source: KIU recently posted a count of officers killed (with known names) [https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1nswbew/more_russian_officers_have_been_killed_in_ukraine/](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1nswbew/more_russian_officers_have_been_killed_in_ukraine/)

Assume the risk is the same for junior officers as for the troops they command. One captain = 110 man company, lieutenant = 30 man platoon. So the total number of KIA is 1081 captains x 110 = 118k or (1748+1485+605) lieutenants x 30 = 115k; the two numbers are very consistent with each other.

What’s the real relative risk for an officer vs the regular troops? On the one hand officers are higher value targets. On the other hand they definitely don’t lead from the front, especially nowadays.  I think it is very reasonable to think that *overall* the risk for junior officers is 1/2 to 1/3 of the risk for regular troops. This would correspond to an absolutely stunning 230k to 345k range of total KIA (just KIA, not casualties)

That makes the Ukrainian (and UK) claim of 1.1 million Russian casualties very plausible, and possibly a bit low