Russia invades Ukraine

[Cheese]

News is coming in from Kupyansk, which Gerasimov and Putin completely captured four months ago.

Z-blogger Romanov reports that all Russian troops who established one of the last strongholds in the city's Central District Hospital have been eliminated.

https://twitter.com/user/status/2034971144168587266

Dark days for Russians at the front, as one of Russia's most popular military bloggers says they are getting slaughtered at the front

https://twitter.com/user/status/2034922945995304982

Delusional. The lion's share of military supply to Ukraine had nothing to do with the weapons used in this new Gulf war.

https://twitter.com/user/status/2035030371314626661

Russian “elites” have had enough of Putin. 😏🔽

“They all view the current center of power as already a toxic figure — not even an active force, but a toxic passive one.”

https://twitter.com/user/status/2034739138193166627

Putin has issued an ultimatum to the US: Moscow is ready to stop sharing intelligence with Iran if Washington, in return, halts intelligence support to Ukraine, - Politico

https://twitter.com/user/status/2035022902836269078

Over the past three days, the Russian Armed Forces have seen a significant increase in casualties.

Every day — more than 1,500 killed and wounded.

March 17–18 — minus 1,710;
March 18–19 — minus 1,520;
March 19–20 — minus 1,610.

https://twitter.com/user/status/2034959651456876649

[calumniate]

I heard somewhere that the casualty ratio is also very bad for Russians. For example 1800 casualties might have the distribution of 2 deaths for every 1 injured (1200 and 600)

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by calumniate

I heard somewhere that the casualty ratio is also very bad for Russians. For example 1800 casualties might have the distribution of 2 deaths for every 1 injured (1200 and 600)

Yes the war is something of a throwback to the 19th century that way, modern wars have tended to see way way more wounded to way way less dead, Russia's complete lack of concern for it's troops is pretty much a throw back to the first world war, I suspect from Putin's point of view a dead conscript is less of a long term cost to the state than a wounded one, it's not just a lack of ability to help their own troops, I suspect they actively don't want to