If the Ukrainians do manage to inflict substantial damage on that long convoy north of Kyiv the number of Russian dead will go up substantially
more trains full of dead Russians from Belarus back to mother Russia
all of this can’t be kept hidden forever from the Russian people
“more trains full of dead Russians from Belarus back to mother Russia
all of this can’t be kept hidden forever from the Russian people”
The way Russia and China have handled casualties is to ship them home separately and to notify the families of the deaths, but over a long period so there aren’t suddenly a lot of funerals. It’s also broken up by locale. Say a village had thirty soldiers die. A few, as geographically separated as possible, will be returned home. Then, a month later, another few, also as geographically separated as possible. In some cases, the widow or parents will only receive a letter but no corpse, being told the remains were destroyed or whatever. That way there aren’t loads of church burials and lots of fresh graves. There’s quite a bit of science in hiding the true numbers.
As for nine thousand killed, I’d be inclined to cut that number by two thirds. Probably, cut it by more. There has already been a lot of lies spread. Believe only half of what you see and none of what you hear.
Russian assets are powerful enough to have a crushing effect if used in an unrestricted manner. Are you willing to support US military involvement against Russian forces?
The Russians have crematoria that turn their dead soldiers into CO2 and cause global warming.
The long Russian convoy is a long sitting duck.