https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-russia-death-toll-invasion/
Here is 7,000
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/us/politics/russia-troop-deaths.html
Hell, why not round it off to an even 10,000?
Which version of the truth do you like most?
US media is WORSE than Radio Moscow or Pravda in the Cold War. There isn't even a semblance of professionalism, objectivity, neutrality, statistical accuracy... Just trash.
I lay about as much value in Western reporting of Russian casualties as I do of Covid fatalities / mortality rates, temperatures rising and the polar caps melting, an ozone hole, election reporting, or any coverage of Trump... Their shit is so skewed, so bias, so unprofessional that you literally get dumber reading it. You are better off watching reruns of Hanna Montana than watching the news and trying to get any “actionable” information from it. You can watch it 8 hours straight, and you will not get one fact, one nugget of information that helps you with any decision regards your health, safety, finances, relationships, hobby/interests, weather, travels, career, education...
You seem SHOCKED, SHOCKED, that there is propaganda going on in this war. 6000 years of human history and warfare and we have crossed the Rubicon, propaganda is now part of warfare! (feighting all over)
“All war is fought by deception.”