"A document detailing a mid-war inventory of its ranks shows that by late May, fewer than 900 soldiers were left in two #battalion tactical groups that, according to Western officials, had departed the brigade's garrison in #Russia with more than 1,400. The brigade's commander was badly wounded. And some of those still being counted as part of the unit were listed as hospitalized, missing or "#refuseniks" unwilling to fight, according to the document,..." 3/