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2022-03-22 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Did the true number of Russian troop deaths in Ukraine just leak?

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Posted by DarthVader 2022-03-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 given how incompetent the Russians seem and how indifferent they are to loss of life

Idiots. Putin just told them what they wanted to believe anyway. Russia does not playact war. It will under report the damage it is causing and over report losses. Only the final objective here matters not the fake machismo other armies spend billions on. They don't wage war for 'face' or advertisement of their MIC.

Posted by Cthulhu of Ryleh 2022-03-22 04:40|| 2022-03-22 04:40|| Front Page Top

#2 I do not believe Russian troops' losses are anywhere near this. 10,000 deaths would mean 30 to 40 thousand wounded. We would notice figures like this.

Posted by BernardZ 2022-03-22 05:02|| 2022-03-22 05:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Russia does not playact war

They just fake training, maintenance, spares, and logistics.

Seriously -- have you considered they're not the idols you believe them to be?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-03-22 06:22|| 2022-03-22 06:22|| Front Page Top

#4 EXCLUSIVE: Russia reveals it has had 'almost 10,000 soldiers killed with another 16,000 injured' as satellite photos show Putin's forces digging in around Kyiv and 'planting mines' in sign that their advance has stalled

Posted by Skidmark 2022-03-22 08:09|| 2022-03-22 08:09|| Front Page Top

#5 haven't seen killed/wounded numbers from the Ukraine side lately

regarding the killed/wounded ratio -- I also would have thought the ratio would be more like 1:4 rather than the 1:1.5 but if the Russian battlefield medical op is as sloppy as their logistics than I suppose the 1:1.5 is possible

Posted by Lord Garth 2022-03-22 08:32|| 2022-03-22 08:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Russia does not playact war.

This appears true. However, they do it so ineffectively that they have to rely upon total overwhelming resources to resolve it. It goes to the heart of Russian fatalism to accept the level of waste and destruction. Pyrrhic Victory is not a term in their vocabulary.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-03-22 08:58|| 2022-03-22 08:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Someone on the Pravda staff is going to get shot

Fox and CNN should be so honest.

Posted by Woodrow 2022-03-22 11:39|| 2022-03-22 11:39|| Front Page Top

#8 This number probably does not include members of the Dzerzhinsky Division, Rosgvardia (including SOBR) or OMON. That's several hundred right there. Throw in the Chechen militias and you have an extra thousand dead.

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