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According to Ukraine’s General Staff, over half a million Russian soldiers were either killed or wounded in Ukraine during the 27-month-long full-scale war. The staggering number is in line with the estimates of the U.K. and France, which said earlier in May that the overall Russian losses are set to be around 500,000. “We estimate Russian military losses at 500,000, including 150,000 deaths,” French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne said on May 3. Russia’s aggression with little regard for the lives of its own soldiers is likely to continue, but behind the figure lies a potential demographic…