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Over the past two weeks, it became known about the death of at least nine military pilots. These are very tangible losses, since military pilots are piece specialists and the elite of any army in the world.
It takes at least ten years and millions of dollars to train every combat pilot.
The elite - the most combat-ready and trained formations of the Russian army and the National Guard - continue to suffer losses. Since the beginning of December, it has become known about the death of four members of the GRU special forces, including one senior officer.
The loss of special forces officers can be very sensitive and difficult to replace for the Russian army, experts interviewed by the BBC say. It takes at least four years to train a lieutenant of the appropriate qualification. And in order to lead a company, a lieutenant must gain experience and work his way up to captain, which will take about four more years. In total - at least eight years of training, experts say. In just nine months of the war, the GRU special forces lost more than 250 people. Almost every fourth of them is an officer. The losses suffered by the special forces units of the Russian Guard are comparable to - and in some cases exceed - the cumulative losses of these units during the 10 years of the war in Chechnya. Special forces began to die more often, as they are systematically used to solve tasks that are unusual for them.
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Over the past two weeks, it became known about the death of at least nine military pilots. These are very tangible losses, since military pilots are piece specialists and the elite of any army in the world.
It takes at least ten years and millions of dollars to train every combat pilot.
The elite - the most combat-ready and trained formations of the Russian army and the National Guard - continue to suffer losses. Since the beginning of December, it has become known about the death of four members of the GRU special forces, including one senior officer.
The loss of special forces officers can be very sensitive and difficult to replace for the Russian army, experts interviewed by the BBC say. It takes at least four years to train a lieutenant of the appropriate qualification. And in order to lead a company, a lieutenant must gain experience and work his way up to captain, which will take about four more years. In total - at least eight years of training, experts say. In just nine months of the war, the GRU special forces lost more than 250 people. Almost every fourth of them is an officer. The losses suffered by the special forces units of the Russian Guard are comparable to - and in some cases exceed - the cumulative losses of these units during the 10 years of the war in Chechnya. Special forces began to die more often, as they are systematically used to solve tasks that are unusual for them.
10 000 имен: что известно о потерях России в Украине к декабрю - BBC News Русская служба
На основе открытых источников Би-би-си удалось установить имена более 10 тысяч российских военных, погибших на войне в Украине. В их числе - более 400 мобилизованных.
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