Estonian Defence Forces Intelligence Centre
The Estonian Defence Forces Intelligence Centre is a unit of the Estonian Defence Forces responsible for military intelligence and analysis. Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it has published regular assessments of Russian losses and the course of the war, based on open-source information and its own analytical methods. Its estimates are widely cited by Western media and governments as an independent source on the situation at the front.
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Estonian intelligence: Russian weekly losses exceed 10,000 for third week running
Colonel Ants Kiviselg, head of the Estonian Defense Forces Intelligence Centre, told a briefing at the Estonian Ministry of Defense that Russian armed forces losses in the war against Ukraine have exceeded 10,000 servicemembers per week for the third consecutive week, outpacing recruitment. He also outlined ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive operations in Donetsk Oblast and a series of long-range Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil, chemical, drone and military facilities deep inside Russia.