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The Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda reports that, according to the Russian MoD's figures, the Russian Armed Forces have sustained 9,861 killed in action and 16,153 wounded in action in Ukraine. A shocking figure.
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Posted on 03/21/2022 12:03:40 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas

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To: ought-six

Ooops. Wrong post.


41 posted on 03/21/2022 12:39:01 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Borges; SpeedyInTexas
...find it hard to root for Russian casualties...

Some blood-thirsty, Putin-hating,propaganda posting, Freepers have no problem with the lies about Russian casualties and they will spend their days posting their delusions for all to see.

42 posted on 03/21/2022 12:40:02 PM PDT by Fairhairedboy (MAGA)
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To: apillar

I studied Soviet military doctrine for years.

Their doctrine against NATO was simple.

“Get to the Atlantic coast of Europe.”

They would send out many recon units to find any weakness in the defense.

Then, they would pile on to the weakness.

They haven’t changed much.

Their military isn’t as big as when they were the Soviet Union.


43 posted on 03/21/2022 12:40:45 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Quick math - that’s greater than 10% casualty rate. Don’t see how any army can continue with losses like that for long.


44 posted on 03/21/2022 12:40:57 PM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: ought-six

Twitter is not a Russian source, I see nothing like that in KP. Not to mention that the figures make no sense.


45 posted on 03/21/2022 12:41:59 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: BenLurkin
My first thought as well. Due maybe to disproportionate number lost when their armored vehicles were destroyed?

Hmmmm. Makes sense. Same basic reason why there are so few disabled submariners at the end of a war...

46 posted on 03/21/2022 12:42:56 PM PDT by null and void (Just because I speak English does not make me a Subject of the English Crown)
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To: Fairhairedboy

“Putin-hating,”

Why Thank You!


47 posted on 03/21/2022 12:43:27 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas (Whenever a Russian soldier is killed, an Angel gets its wings)
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To: All

US conservatively estimated 7,000 killed. They used the word “conservatively”. That was a few days ago.

9,861 seems very plausible. Probably higher.


48 posted on 03/21/2022 12:47:04 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas (Whenever a Russian soldier is killed, an Angel gets its wings)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

I saw a report somewhere that the border with Finland had also been drawn down.


49 posted on 03/21/2022 12:52:36 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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So Komsomolskaya Pravda is a pro-Kremlin tabloid

“Komsomolskaya Pravda, the pro-Kremlin tabloid, says that according to Russian ministry of defense numbers, 9,861 Russian soldiers died in Ukraine and 16,153 were injured. The last official Russian KIA figure, on March 2, was 498. Fascinating that someone posted the leaked number.”

https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1505972650786672648


50 posted on 03/21/2022 12:54:12 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas (Whenever a Russian soldier is killed, an Angel gets its wings)
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To: NorseViking

“Twitter is not a Russian source...”

Oh, FFS! The article said Komsomolskaya Pravda, alleging a Russian MoD source. It is alleging a Russian source. Hence, my comment to you (since you swear by any Russian source and dismiss out-of-hand any non-Russian source). I was tweaking your nose, you moron!


51 posted on 03/21/2022 12:55:05 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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Komsomolskaya Pravda is so pro-Kremlin, here are some recent article titles:

“Old people were abandoned near Kiev by their children, and saved by Russian special forces”

“Special correspondent of kp.ru Dmitry Steshin, on the air of Komsomolskaya Pravda radio, told how humanitarian corridors work, where people go and how the Ukrainian military bombs them”


52 posted on 03/21/2022 12:57:12 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas (Whenever a Russian soldier is killed, an Angel gets its wings)
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To: Gnome1949
Nobody can be sure of the casualties in this present war but Russians obviously don’t give up easily.

Comparisons with Stalingrad or Berlin are absurd.

The Russians DIDN'T give up easily.

21st-Century conscripts want only to go home to their mamotschki.

Regards,

53 posted on 03/21/2022 12:58:56 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: ought-six

FYI, twitter is now banned in Russia.

Norseviking can no longer access twitter links.

He admitted this.


54 posted on 03/21/2022 1:03:02 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas (Whenever a Russian soldier is killed, an Angel gets its wings)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Yeah, I think he works for TASS.


55 posted on 03/21/2022 1:06:50 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: SpeedyInTexas

But the mission is/was successful.


56 posted on 03/21/2022 1:07:17 PM PDT by oil_dude
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To: jerod

Make me wander if this was the same military strategy that the Soviets would have deployed take over Europe. Throw thousands of tanks and ground troops towards Europe and watch those countries fold. The US developed tactics and weapons to defeat this. Based upon that it would have been a slaughter of Soviet equipment and personnel.


57 posted on 03/21/2022 1:08:31 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: Gnome1949

From what I have heard, the Soviets gave those soldiers the ultimatum, die killing Germans or die as deserters shot by KGB troops.


58 posted on 03/21/2022 1:11:23 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: oil_dude

Little Pukin says they are “on plan”.


59 posted on 03/21/2022 1:12:37 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas (Whenever a Russian soldier is killed, an Angel gets its wings)
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To: All

“The Pentagon on Monday accused Russian forces of committing war crimes in Ukraine and said it would help gather evidence of them.”

I think it is possible Little Pukin is indicted for war crimes. He won’t be able to travel to other countries for fear of being arrested and sent to the Hague. Maybe could travel to China and North Korea.


60 posted on 03/21/2022 1:15:41 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas (Whenever a Russian soldier is killed, an Angel gets its wings)
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