I don't believe the 15k number purely because of who is putting it out. The "half that" estimate is very likely high, as well. I'd guesstimate the numbers are somewhere in the vicinity of about a thousand dead, maybe three times that wounded. There are too many videos of Russian AFV getting hit by missiles (not usually a survivable event in Russian armor) for me to think that the death toll is as low as 557.
a thousand dead and 3x wounded wouldn't be unheard of, and a 3-1 ratio of wounded to dead isn't impossible, but it's actually considered quite high. It would be a real blood letting.
5-1 and 7-1 is much more common, particularly nowadays with modern medicine.
I don't believe the 15k number purely because of who is putting it out. The "half that" estimate is very likely high, as well. I'd guesstimate the numbers are somewhere in the vicinity of about a thousand dead, maybe three times that wounded. There are too many videos of Russian AFV getting hit by missiles (not usually a survivable event in Russian armor) for me to think that the death toll is as low as 557.
a thousand dead and 3x wounded wouldn't be unheard of, and a 3-1 ratio of wounded to dead isn't impossible, but it's actually considered quite high. It would be a real blood letting.
5-1 and 7-1 is much more common, particularly nowadays with modern medicine.