In WWII, the US suffered an average of 220 killed per day - in a country about 4X the population of present day Ukraine.
On the other hand, Germany suffered about 1500 dead per day during WWII, with about 2X Ukraine's pre-war population
So how long are Ukraine's casualties sustainable?
“So how long are Ukraine’s casualties sustainable?”
We killed about 100K North Vietnamese a year for about 12 years.
The Soviets in Afghanistan killed about the same number per year for a decade.
If history is a lesson the number of casualties a people are willing to endure to protect their homeland is very large.
The European Commission’s deputy chief spokeswoman Dana Spinant tweeted a correction, writing: “Many thanks to those who pointed out the inaccuracy regarding the figures in a previous version of this video.”
She added: “The estimation used, from external sources, should have referred to casualties, i.e. both killed and injured, and was meant to show Russia’s brutality.”
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-russia-von-der-leyen-death-toll-1763553
Casualties are killed + wounded. Depends on what the ratio is for Ukraine and if the 100k number is even true.
Ukrainian troops have gotten a lot of western training and western militaries are really good at making the wounded survive.
In 2014 Ukrainians had terrible medkits and procedures. This was one of the first things partner nations addressed Ukrainians have gotten much better in 8 years.
Russians likely have the same miserable or even worse level that Ukrainians had then and they’re the invading party making things more difficult.
Germany’s pre-WW II population was less than twice Ukraine’s 2022 population.
Germany’s military losses were about 5 million killed and 7 million wounded.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties
On the other hand, the Ukraine war is what von Clausewitz called a “cabinet war”, a politically motivated war fought with limited means for a limited end, rather than a “total war” fought with all resources for existence.
“So how long are Ukraine’s casualties sustainable? “
Another question: how accurate are these figures?