Jacques Baud who wrote that book which you used for the numbers has a history of pushing pro kremlin points and has been on Russian state TV in the past. I wouldn’t consider him reliable on this topic.
If you want to read a good article on Jacques baud the following is a good analysis.
Baud didn't invent those numbers I quoted. I could have cited a different book, but this was at hand.
I'm well aware of Baud's writings and his military career. I do have issues with his intellectual honesty, but I think he is in no sense a mouthpiece of Moscow. His driving motivation seems to be not pro-Russia, but anti-USA, which is not so unusual for a Frenchman (Swiss). That article you linked is itself rather dishonest, raising issues and then sidestepping Baud's version of the story.
Jacques Baud who wrote that book which you used for the numbers has a history of pushing pro kremlin points and has been on Russian state TV in the past. I wouldn’t consider him reliable on this topic.
If you want to read a good article on Jacques baud the following is a good analysis.
https://dailysceptic.org/archive/how-accurate-is-jacques-bau...