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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,247,580 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022 (kyivindependent.com)
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[–] 10 points 9 months ago

1.25 million men dead, and for what? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. There is no point to Putin doing any of this, except ego.

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    [–] 5 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    Didn't Ukraine just report a few days ago that the war has so far cost the lives of around 50k Ukrainian soldiers, and now they're saying Russia has 1.2 million killed or wounded?

    Suffice to say, probably neither of those numbers is accurate.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    The same with Russia. For the enemy you put the upper estimate, multiply by 4 to receive wounded + kia and report this number. For your army you just put the official death count which does not include deserters or undiscovered bodies, etc.. What you get is basically a picture where the enemy is doing a meat grinder

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

    50k per month recently. Where you under a rock the last 4 years ?
    Edit : i misread your comment. Ukrainian says ruSSian lost 50k per month recently and i confused that for what you wrote.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)
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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

    55 000 Ukrainian, right.
    1¼ million ruSS ... you see ?

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    55,000 Ukrainian soldiers total. Just like I said. Not monthly as you claimed - despite not having lived under a rock for the last four years.

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    • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    Ah yeah, citing Ukrainian officials on Russia's lost troops.

    Let's try to deconstruct the math

    1,200,000 lost, but only deaths could be documented, and for some reason everyone believes that the wounded to kia ratio is 3:1.

    Meaning that the assumed kia count is 400,000.

    The journalists found out ~170,000 confirmed deaths, meaning the quotient of real/confirmed exceeds 2. Which is ridiculous.

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    [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    So they never heart about significant figures? I think ~1.25 million would be better than 1 247 680 in terms of reporting.

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