tennmountainman: "Because Ukie Front Line News is very bad for YouCraynee’s.
So they switch the subject to Ruzzia, Ruzzia, Ruzzia."
I've addressed Ukraine's front lines every time the subject comes up.
On this thread, that's in post #56 & #58, so far.
The summary is this: so far in 2024, Russians have added about 30+ square miles to their previously conquered ~33,475 square miles at a cost estimated by Ukrainians and Brits of circa 60,000 Russian casualties and 2,000 vehicles, or roughly 2,000 casualties and 65 vehicles per square mile, so far in 2024.
So far, Russia's gains in 2024 are at half the rate of 2023 and Russia's costs in blood and vehicles are double 2023, per square mile.
The word "pyrrhic" comes to my mind, though it's not yet clear if Russians themselves consider any cost in their own blood and treasure to be too high a price to pay for the gain of a few more square miles of Ukrainian sovereign territory.
As for Ukrainian losses, we don't know those, though Russians claim Ukrainians have lost the same numbers as Ukrainians say Russia lost -- around 450,000 casualties.
Ukrainians admit to 1/3 of Russian casualties overall, though only 1/10 during Russian "Meat Wave" assaults.
Recently, Ukraine's Pres. Zelensky said total Ukrainian military deaths since February 2022 were about 31,000.
According to this source, Ukraine's military today is roughly the same size overall as Russia's:
- 1,000,000 active duty personnel
- 2,000,000 reserves