Russian Units Attempting To Retake Krynky Suffer 60-70 Percent Casualties

Units suffering 10-30% casualties are usually considered 'combat ineffective' and withdrawn for reorganization. 

60 to 70% casualties are catastrophic and usually mean the unit has to be combined into other formations as it has ceased to exist as a fighting force. JL 

The New Voice of Ukraine reports:

Russian forces attempting to dislodge Ukrainian troops from the bridgehead near Krynky, Kherson Oblast (sufer) an estimated 60-70% casualty rate among attackers. "The enemy has been trying to drive Ukrainian troops out of the foothold in the Krynky area for many months without success, and the Russians are have a rough time forming assault units." Forced to pull up resources from deep in the rear, "such serious losses for the enemy means not only huge manpower losses, but serious demoralization in moral and psychological terms."

Russian forces are attempting to dislodge Ukrainian troops from a bridgehead near Krynky, Kherson Oblast, with an estimated 60-70% casualty rate among attackers, Natalia Humeniuk, spokesperson for the Southern Ukrainian Defense Forces, disclosed on FREEDOM TV channel on March 30.

"On Kherson front, where the enemy has been trying to drive our troops out of the foothold in the Krynky area for many months without success,  Russians are have a rough time forming assault units," she said.

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Humeniuk added that the occupiers are forced to pull up resources from deep in the rear. According to her, about 60-70% of the occupants' assault groups do not return from their assaults of Krynky.

 

"Such serious losses for the enemy means not only huge manpower losses, but serious demoralization in moral and psychological terms," she noted.

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Earlier, she said that there is not a single surviving building in Krynky, and there are constant hostilities there.