"Russia’s military casualties, the [U.S.] officials said, are approaching 300,000. The number includes as many as 120,000 deaths and 170,000 to 180,000 injured troops. The Russian numbers dwarf the Ukrainian figures, which the officials put at close to 70,000 killed and 100,000 to 120,000 wounded."

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[–]Rah 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Lol. Lmao even.

[–]Brewdabier 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

As a viet vet I never forgot how the US said we were winning, US is well known for bull shit. Also this death numbers, is that milatary or are they counting civilian loss.

[–]iamonlyoneman 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

these are literally madeup fantasy numbers. Ukraine has lost at least a third of a million dead, including the better part of 50k since the 'counteroffensive' started

[–]neolib[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Yeah, and you know that because you listen to various pro-Russian propagandists like Ritter/MacGregor.

[–]iamonlyoneman 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

literallywho LMAO

[–]neolib[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Well, name the source for "at least a third of a million dead" then.

[–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

go read simplicius the thinker for a week and come back and let me know if you found it

[–]neolib[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Why would I read a pro-Russian anonymous substack blogger? It's maybe entertaining (if you support Russia yourself), but it's not a serious source for anything.

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

  • Name a source

  • (names a source)

  • Nooooo not that source!

Simplicius is an aggregator as well as an analyst. Last argument I got into here was with some retard that refused to watch a video of some advisor to comrade zelinskyyyyy who was saying russia had fucked up ukraines power grid. They wouldnt acknowledge the video because it was on simplicius' substack.

Don't be stupid, comrade. Refusal to look at the truth because you have been told to hate the messenger is very stupid.

[–]zyxzevn 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I watch some daily channels on the battles.

I mainly see Ukr tanks and Ukr soldiers running into minefields, while being bombarded by artillery.
From all wars we know that this produces a huge amount of casualties.
These soldiers are on drugs to keep them high.
That is in the grey zone. They do not even reach the first line of defense, where the bunkers and tanks are.

Ukr is mainly flying around with drones. And a few counter attacks are from himars, which mainly hit civilian targets.
They repeat the thing that they did before the war.
I see a group of Ukr soldiers that hide under a bridge for days. Then they get bombarded.

Sad that Ukr did not agree with the peace treaty in April 2022 that was completely censored from western media.
But Nato does what Nato does.

[–]RedItBurn 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Sad that Ukr did not agree with the peace treaty in April 2022

...or the Minsk agreements.

[–]VraiBleu 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They did agree to the Minsk agreements... They just blatantly lied about their intentions and used the peace it created to form a new American backed Army.

[–]StillLessons 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yep. This is why Ukraine has retaken Crimea and is rapidly pushing Russia back toward its borders in the Donbass.

Oh, wait...

[–]Oyveygoyim 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Don't believe a word from the jew York times. They have a direct line to the president aka his jewish handlers.

[–]TemporarilyDeceased 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, the country that is funding this war to the tune of trillions and has blocked communications out of Russia to prevent disinformation is claiming that it's a resounding success.

[–]twolanterns 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

just ~58000 deaths is sufficient to equal all US's Vietnam War deaths

[–]Alphix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I call BS unless Putin is so far up Klaus' ass that he's purposely getting his able young men killed.

[–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

LOL

[–]hfxB0oyA 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Never trust numbers released by an interested party.

[–]neolib[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Archived: https://archive.is/sh2PP

[–]SoCo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ukraine never stopped warring since 2014 (even before then). Most of their losses were in 2015. They've mostly use paid mercenaries since then.