George Barros

The most high confidence assessments that we've gotten from the US intelligence community and the British Ministry of Defense are the casualties are somewhere in the range of 600,000 to maybe 900,000. I believe that's the rough casualty count, if I recall. But I want to be very clear. I don't think anyone actually knows. I'm confident that the Russian government doesn't know.

The most high confidence assessments that we've gotten from the US intelligence community and the British Ministry of Defense are the casualties are somewhere in the range of 600,000 to maybe 900,000. I believe that's the rough casualty count, if I recall. But I want to be very clear. I don't think anyone actually knows. I'm confident that the Russian government doesn't know.

The most high confidence assessments that we've gotten from the US intelligence community and the British Ministry of Defense are the casualties are somewhere in the range of 600,000 to maybe 900,000. I believe that's the rough casualty count, if I recall. But I want to be very clear. I don't think anyone actually knows. I'm confident that the Russian government doesn't know.

I'm less sanguine about US intelligence estimates as well, because at the end of the day, in order to count the casualties, you actually have to physically control the territory. And even then, it's actually very difficult to do. So, these are always going to be ballpark estimates.

I'm less sanguine about US intelligence estimates as well, because at the end of the day, in order to count the casualties, you actually have to physically control the territory. And even then, it's actually very difficult to do. So, these are always going to be ballpark estimates.

I'm less sanguine about US intelligence estimates as well, because at the end of the day, in order to count the casualties, you actually have to physically control the territory. And even then, it's actually very difficult to do. So, these are always going to be ballpark estimates.

I think that's about right. There's the combat footage, there's classified documents that one can collect or the table of contents of organization of Russian units when they go get wrecked. How many times have Russian units been reconstituted? We know what the doctrinal end strength of what a Russian battalion should be, what a Russian brigade should be.

I think that's about right. There's the combat footage, there's classified documents that one can collect or the table of contents of organization of Russian units when they go get wrecked. How many times have Russian units been reconstituted? We know what the doctrinal end strength of what a Russian battalion should be, what a Russian brigade should be.

I think that's about right. There's the combat footage, there's classified documents that one can collect or the table of contents of organization of Russian units when they go get wrecked. How many times have Russian units been reconstituted? We know what the doctrinal end strength of what a Russian battalion should be, what a Russian brigade should be.

And so, when you see a unit have been sent back to a training ground or be reconstituted or filled with replacement a certain number of times, that gives you a sense for how many casualties has been taken. But there's also a great repository of Russian publicly available information that can be exploited as well.

And so, when you see a unit have been sent back to a training ground or be reconstituted or filled with replacement a certain number of times, that gives you a sense for how many casualties has been taken. But there's also a great repository of Russian publicly available information that can be exploited as well.

And so, when you see a unit have been sent back to a training ground or be reconstituted or filled with replacement a certain number of times, that gives you a sense for how many casualties has been taken. But there's also a great repository of Russian publicly available information that can be exploited as well.

There are Russian legal documents, for example, that have to do with things like wills, so you can count the number of wills that have been processed. There are cemeteries that exist that have had additional annexes built onto them. There are entirely brand new military cemeteries that have been established since 2022, which you can see from space.

There are Russian legal documents, for example, that have to do with things like wills, so you can count the number of wills that have been processed. There are cemeteries that exist that have had additional annexes built onto them. There are entirely brand new military cemeteries that have been established since 2022, which you can see from space.

There are Russian legal documents, for example, that have to do with things like wills, so you can count the number of wills that have been processed. There are cemeteries that exist that have had additional annexes built onto them. There are entirely brand new military cemeteries that have been established since 2022, which you can see from space.

You can also look at the number of obituaries that are posted online. The British BDC's Russian service has an excellent, I mean, truly excellent research, investigative research program where they look and they scour the Russian language social media internet to look for obituaries of service members posted by friends and family.

You can also look at the number of obituaries that are posted online. The British BDC's Russian service has an excellent, I mean, truly excellent research, investigative research program where they look and they scour the Russian language social media internet to look for obituaries of service members posted by friends and family.

You can also look at the number of obituaries that are posted online. The British BDC's Russian service has an excellent, I mean, truly excellent research, investigative research program where they look and they scour the Russian language social media internet to look for obituaries of service members posted by friends and family.

And last I checked, if I recall correctly, they've identified at least 90,000 plus confirmed obituaries. And of course, this is a sliver of the number of full casualties because not everyone gets a written obituary. But it's another data point that you can use to confirm to build towards the whole picture.

And last I checked, if I recall correctly, they've identified at least 90,000 plus confirmed obituaries. And of course, this is a sliver of the number of full casualties because not everyone gets a written obituary. But it's another data point that you can use to confirm to build towards the whole picture.