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To: isopatch who wrote (763495)	6/2/2022 8:22:33 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 793931

We can therefore somewhat safely assume that the real casualty numbers are now some 200 dead and 800 wounded per day and maybe even above that. No we can't. Its possible but not at all a safe assumption. The Territorial Defense Forces are no longer part of the military. The Territorial Defence Forces were formed after the reorganization of the Territorial Defence Battalions, volunteer militias created during the War in Donbas under the command of the Ministry of Defence. Territorial Defence units existed from 2015 until 2021 in semi-organized forms until 2022 when they were formally organized into a unified defense corps under the Territorial Defence Forces.[4][5] It is formed by a core of part-time reservists, usually former combat veterans, and in cases of war can be expanded to local civilian volunteers for local defense, in a case of mass mobilization.[6] That core is expected to lead the mobilized volunteers.[5] The Territorial Defense Forces also contain the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine, formed by foreign volunteers. en.wikipedia.org It is doubtful that Zelenski's numbers included their dead and wounded. Its possible it doesn't but not unlikely that it does.