RE: now well into its second year, with over 12,000 dead Russian troops.
The dead Russian soldiers numbers are all over the place. Your estimate of 12,000 is definitely the lowest I have read yet. Some reports actually estimate the dead Russian soldiers to have exceeded 100,000.
Figure struck me as low, too. Was in a hurry, so consulted ChatGPT, and then decided to err on the conservative side so took its estimate. Am more than willing to substitute any other plausible figure you might come up with! (BTW: The corresponding figures for Ukrainian military casualties were likewise very low.)
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