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A new U.S. intelligence assessment says more than 4,500 Russian soldiers have been killed here in Ukraine since the war began. The estimate, however, is made with ‘low confidence,’ officials say
Lucas Tomlinson Twitter (foxnews reporter) ^ | 06-MAR-2022 | Lucas Tomlinson

Posted on 03/06/2022 4:04:10 PM PST by SpeedyInTexas

A new U.S. intelligence assessment says more than 4,500 Russian soldiers have been killed here in Ukraine since the war began. The estimate, however, is made with ‘low confidence,’ officials say

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To: saintgermaine

Why are you posting bullshit from such far-left sites as “Grayzone?”


21 posted on 03/06/2022 4:20:27 PM PST by ScottinVA (К черту Путина, к черту Россию)
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To: blackberry1

“There is no video to support their made up numbers. Show us where this happened.”

How many Russians do you think died in this carnage?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQFS7MYb2K4

Or how many in this one?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/t7t26r/a_destroyed_rosgvardia_column_in_kharkiv/

Both of these slaughters were from yesterday.


22 posted on 03/06/2022 4:20:43 PM PST by Renfrew
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To: ScottinVA

That ‘s the most appropriate reply.


23 posted on 03/06/2022 4:20:57 PM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: SpeedyInTexas

“…made with ‘low confidence’…”
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Hell, with HIGH confidence, I think it wise to believe NOTHING claimed by either side of this conflict until I can confirm it from independent reliable sources.


24 posted on 03/06/2022 4:20:58 PM PST by House Atreides
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To: SpeedyInTexas

“WSJ: Russia recruiting Syrians skilled in urban combat to be sent to Ukraine to help take Kyiv, according to U.S. officials.

The WSJ said it is unclear how many fighters have been identified, but some are already in Russia preparing to enter Ukraine, according to one official.”


25 posted on 03/06/2022 4:21:05 PM PST by SpeedyInTexas (Whenever a Russian soldier is killed, an Angel gets its wings)
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To: SpeedyInTexas
By comparison US lost 2500 in Afghanistan in 20 years and 4500 in Iraq in a decade+.

And we lost both of those wars.

27 posted on 03/06/2022 4:22:00 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: SpeedyInTexas
The estimate, however, is made with ‘low confidence,’ officials say.

I would guess that even the Russians do not know how many casualties they have. Our agencies are just picking numbers out of the air.

Possibly, the Russians are doing the same. They have a much different attitude toward casualties. Basically, they don't care as long as the remaining men will still fight.

Check back in a week and see if they have launched their final offensive against Kyiv. One way or another, that will be the telling event as to whether their invasion will succeed or fail.

28 posted on 03/06/2022 4:22:49 PM PST by flamberge (Believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear)
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To: SpeedyInTexas
Social media is too busy deplatforming Russian accounts while allowing only the Ukrainian position to be amplified. "We're winning but please send us tanks and planes! And if you can shoot a gun, we'll give you one!"

When only the losses of one side are considered newsworthy, it's easy to think the other side is winning.

In truth, Twitter is going to have a meltdown in the coming weeks. The bulk of the Ukranian army, which has been stationed on the east fighting the DPR/LPR breakaway factions since 2014, is facing total annihilation. They'll be surrounded in the Donbas kessel, cut off, and wiped out after which the Russian army will regroup and take Kiev from the south.

And all those airplanes we're sending them? The Russians will crater every useable airfield in Ukraine, leaving only NATO bases from which they can operate.

The real world is a different one from what you see on Twitter. I will concede that the Ukrainian maps look a lot different from this Russian map.


29 posted on 03/06/2022 4:24:55 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Drew68

Well Ukraine has to win th propaganda war in order for them to request the world come in and rebuild their country. But the actual war they’ve lost already - Putin’s hitting every thing in the country he wants taken out. If it keeps up their cities will look like Aleppo.


30 posted on 03/06/2022 4:29:48 PM PST by caww ( )
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To: SpeedyInTexas

We’ve reached the point where nothing, absolutely nothing said by the US government can be believed.


31 posted on 03/06/2022 4:32:40 PM PST by wny ( )
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To: Drew68
Actual map of Russian control:



The reality is the Russians have no control beyond the highways. Any time their forces enter a town or village they get wiped out.
32 posted on 03/06/2022 4:33:22 PM PST by Renfrew
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To: Meet the New Boss

As the Pentagon said, fighting continues near Mykolaiv. Here is a destroyed Russian artillery position:

https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1500502620108201987


33 posted on 03/06/2022 4:33:35 PM PST by Meet the New Boss (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

There was a photo (Don’t south near Odessa) on liveumap of an entire Russian Artillery Battery knocked out. There would be roughly 180ish men total. I’m not saying the entire force was killed, but the sheer volume of Russian hardware that has been knocked, it is a possibility the 4,500 have been killed.


34 posted on 03/06/2022 4:33:41 PM PST by chemical_boy
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To: Drew68

If Putin keeps moving his southern positions into Odessa etc he’ll have Ukraine cut off from the Black sea, and if he completes the lad bridge around Ukraine he’s building, he’ll have established his buffer area.


35 posted on 03/06/2022 4:34:40 PM PST by caww ( )
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To: SpeedyInTexas

they just took 40% of what Ukraine reported, great intel


36 posted on 03/06/2022 4:37:19 PM PST by dila813
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To: SpeedyInTexas

“A US defense official today paints a picture of a bloody, grinding stalemate in Ukraine, with no major Russian movements even though 95% of the troops staged before the invasion are now in Ukraine.”


37 posted on 03/06/2022 4:38:50 PM PST by SpeedyInTexas (Whenever a Russian soldier is killed, an Angel gets its wings)
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To: Renfrew
I don' think he's finished......one of our military guys said it took the US 26 days to get from Kuwaitt to Bagdad. Putins only in his second week...plus consider the size of Ukraine as well. He could basically cut it in half at the river.


38 posted on 03/06/2022 4:39:56 PM PST by caww ( )
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To: caww

Oh correct. Russia’s forces outnumber Ukraine’s 10 to 1. In the long run it is very hard to see how Ukraine wins this.

It just means that Putin needs to accept loses in the 10s of thousands on his side and far more on Ukrainian civilian side to do so.


39 posted on 03/06/2022 4:43:52 PM PST by Renfrew
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To: caww
Looking a the map it's easy to see why Europe/US wants to control Ukraine....it's largest state there to muddle in until they have it. Further Putins not going to let NATO block his access to the Mediterranean Sea.
40 posted on 03/06/2022 4:44:58 PM PST by caww ( )
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