Elite Russian Naval infantry units have lost four times more personnel in a year of fighting near Vuhledar than in ten years of war in Chechnya. More than 200 marines were killed there, according to BBC. Vuhledar is considered a strategically important location, and the fiercest and bloodiest battles for the city took place in the fall of 2022 and winter of 2023. During these assaults, elite Naval infantry units – the 155th and 40th brigades – were deployed, supported by infantry fighting vehicles and tanks, along with motorized rifle units comprised of mobilized soldiers and volunteers. Based…