[As reported by defence News](https://www.defensenenews.com/global/europe/2024/05/21/theyve-grown-back-how-russia-surprised-the-west-and-rebuilt-its-force/?utm_campaign=dfn-ebb&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sailthru), inactive in March during a gathering at Ramstein, Germany, the U.S. defence Secretary stated that in the last 2 years of the war Russia suffered losses of 315,000 killed and injured, about 20 large and tiny ships in the Black Sea, and the price of a full-scale invasion oscillating within $211 billion. According to Austin, the Russian Federation paid a immense price for Putin's imperial dreams.
