NATO secretary general compares monthly Russian losses in Ukraine to US losses over 14 years of Vietnam WarAn article by European Pravda reports NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's speech at the Atlantic Future Forum: Rutte says Russia loses over 40,000 troops killed or wounded monthly — more than the 56,000 US losses over 14 years of the Vietnam War — and that October may have topped 50,000. He also says Putin is failing on the battlefield, targeting Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure, and waging hybrid attacks across Europe.