The Russians lost 19,000 dead PER DAY in the Battle of Stalingrad in late 1942 and early 1943. The Soviet Army saw more than a million killed during that terrible battle.
The Soviets lost about 200,000 dead taking Berlin in the final days of World War II but THEY PREVAILED.
Nobody can be sure of the casualties in this present war but Russians obviously don’t give up easily.
“Nobody can be sure of the casualties in this present war but Russians obviously don’t give up easily.”
Agreed. However back then, it was a battle to force invaders from their country, invaders who savaged their country physically and economically. The nation was united against Nazi Germany.
Other than Putin’s generals and maybe some of the oligarchs, does Russia have the staying power in today’s 24/7 news cycle to keep taking what seem to be heavy losses?
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,
From what I have heard, the Soviets gave those soldiers the ultimatum, die killing Germans or die as deserters shot by KGB troops.
That was in world war two when Russia was being invaded by a genocidal enemy.
Today is Russia invading a country. Not the same.
Russians do not support this, Putin’s, war