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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Just looking at casualties because the casualty counts are all over the map.
Civilians reported by Ukraine 3360+ killed reported by Ukraine
UAF, NG, Volunteers - up to 4000 killed reported by UN 1300 by Ukraine
Russian Force 3000 to 10,000 reported as US estimates, Russian estimates 657 as of March 21st
If Russia has lost 10,000 and there are questions about the wounded versus killed, its devastating. With Ukraine if its 4000 as estimated by the US, that's pretty devestating as well as there isn't help coming on the ground.
Russia/Soviet Union has always had high casualties in every war they've fought. Mainly because they try a sledge hammer approach to every war and try to power through the casualties. That happens when your strategy is equivalent to a zerg rush, and you have leadership that really doesn't care about body bags vs objections.
Of greater concern of course is that this has lead the Russians to more of a destroy infrastructure from the air or artillary or missile attacks from a long distance away.
To be clear, if Ukraine has lost 4000 troops on the ground, that's still pretty devestating as well and it will grind down the UAF. Another month of this and its likely that the Russians might see a turning point in this towards a better position in negotiations. But at the cost of breaking their own ground forces.
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Russia has a zillion soldiers but most of the rest are basically untrained reserves. Besides just being cannon fodder - not sure if they'd be of any use in an offensive war.