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Originally Posted by FlameOn
So that would bring it 15 confirmed and up to 20ish military leadership loss based on European intelligence sources cited by Foreign Policy. That's the highest number of Russian military leadership losses since WWII. Speculation is the war is so unpopular, troops so disorganized, and undisciplined that Russian generals are being forced to the front lines to make any progress where they are easy pickings.
Russians also have 10K+ confirmed dead based on their own news outlets, that number is 15K reported by the Ukrainians and may just be lagging due to body repatriation. So in a month, Russia's likely lost more troops in Ukraine than both the first and second Chechan wars combined and are probably half way to the 26K the Soviets lost in Afghanistan. The Soviets were in Afghanistan for 10 years.
Those numbers are just staggering and Russia can't sustain that level of manpower loss, not to mention the huge amounts of material losses. It's slaughter.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/21...-dead-ukraine/ |
Which is one of the reasons I worry about nukes.
when you have nothing left and your future is grim, Putin is the type of guy to take everyone down with him.