Russia in the war against Ukraine could have lost more than 20 generals. This is reported by the Japanese media corporation Nikkei, citing intelligence data..

Intelligence analysts are interested in one particular part of Russia's losses: the number of Russian generals who have died since the start of the war..

Generals command hundreds and thousands of soldiers. Therefore, a greater number of dead generals indicates the weakness of the army..

British media reported in June last year that more than ten Russian generals were killed. Japan estimates the total number of dead Russian generals at more than 20, based on intelligence gathered in cooperation with the US and Europe..

According to retired General Kiyofumi Iwata, former chief of staff of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces, this figure is " In the United States, for example, there were almost no cases of officers of such a high rank being killed in battle..

A popular theory is that Ukraine was able to identify these commanders by monitoring mobile phone signals, a communication method that Russian forces were forced to use due to problems on the electronic warfare front.. Since then, Moscow has banned the use of these devices..

Iwata attributes the unusually high death toll of Russian generals to the advantage of the Ukrainian military in cyber warfare, which allows Kyiv to know their whereabouts, as well as Russian tactics that send generals to the front.

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A high-ranking representative of Japanese intelligence expressed another version.

“There may be informants in the two eastern regions who pass data to Ukraine,” he said, referring to the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, part of which is controlled by Russia..

Such intelligence can be invaluable.. Officials say in interviews that a lack of inside sources was one of the main reasons it took the US a decade to find and neutralize 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden..

The recruitment of local informants depends on many factors, including the system of government, religion and ethnicity.. It is not surprising that there are sources in the regions of Ukraine temporarily occupied by Russia that supply intelligence information to Kyiv..

Another point that has become apparent over the past year is the inferiority of the weapons of the Russian military, something that may well worry India, which receives half of its weapons from Russia..

Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met with US counterpart Jake Sullivan at the White House on January 31 to discuss topics such as greater military technology cooperation and joint development and production.

New Delhi has been relying on weapons from Moscow since Soviet times, while the US provides military assistance to Pakistan, with which India has entered into a border conflict over the Kashmir region.. More than 20% of Russian arms exports go to India.

India did not participate in the Western-led campaign of economic sanctions against Russia. Military support gives the US a bargaining chip to help bring New Delhi closer to its orbit.

Washington also hopes to bring India closer as a key member of the QUAD security group, which also includes Japan and Australia, aimed at containing China in the Indo-Pacific..

Military failure, demonstrated by the death of Russian generals, may also "

“It looks like China has quietly started providing military support to Russia,” said a Japanese intelligence official..

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Earlier it was reported that yesterday, February 8, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated 910 Russian invaders. After that, the total losses of the enemy among the personnel rose to 135,010 "

On February 3, The New York Times published an article stating that Russia's losses in the war against Ukraine amount to 200,000 soldiers killed and wounded.. That's eight times more than the United States has lost in two decades of war in Afghanistan..