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Russia Loses More Troops in a Month in Ukraine Than USSR Lost in 10 Years in Afghanistan, Stubb Says (united24media.com)
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Russia is losing roughly 25,000 troops killed every month in Ukraine while gaining little ground, according to Finland’s President Alexander Stubb.

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[–] 1 point 1 week ago (7 children)

You really believe this?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    You really believe this?

    Russia's "deathonomics" is a widely reported (by Wall Street Journal and others) phenomenon in Russia's poor regions.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    Yeah, it's going to take more than that to convince me that a million soldiers ALL had families that didn't care about them or even are happy to see them die.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (3 children)

    Now you're going all "not all men!!"

    Yeah, some of them don't. But generally, this is something they talk about with their families before electing to go for the war.

    Those who want them to live won't let them go to die. So, those who did, are – with scarce exceptions – ones who indeed have not cared much of whether their relative will live or not.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (2 children)

    Not not all. Why don't you put a percentage on it. 80%, 70%? If it's more than 10%, I won't believe it and that's the way facts work now. I get to choose what I believe is a fact. Or... you could provide a valid source.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Based on conversations I have had in Russian language with Russian immigrants in Finland, I would say it's at least 80% or so.

    In the end the parents of course will be devastated, but they are much more blasé about it when the agreement is being signed. It's hard to describe this to someone who has never lived in the Russia. Or at least in Ukraine.

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