Posted on 01/29/2026 2:36:04 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
About 1.2 million Russian troops have been killed, wounded or are missing since its invasion of Ukraine almost four years ago, a rate of casualties for a major military power not seen since World War II, a new report from a prominent international think tank says.
And the enormous human toll has secured relatively small territorial gains on the battlefield, with Russia increasing the amount of Ukrainian land under its control by just 12% since 2022, the report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) says.
The report calls into question assumptions in many circles, including in the White House, that a Russian victory in Ukraine is inevitable and incoming.
“Russia has the upper hand,” US President Donald Trump said in an interview with Politico last month.
“They’re much bigger. They’re much stronger… At some point, size will win,” Trump said.
But the CSIS report says Ukraine retains a significant advantage as the defensive side on the battlefield.
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“Prominent GLOBALIST think tank”
In other words, if they claim Russia lost 1.2 million men, the real number is probably 12,000
Meanwhile this same (((think tank))) claims Ukraine lost 600,000, which means 6 million is more likely the real number
what have the ratios been on recent body exchanges?
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In other words, if they claim Russia lost 1.2 million men, the real number is probably 12,000
Meanwhile this same (((think tank))) claims Ukraine lost 600,000, which means 6 million is more likely the real number”
What a silly post. I have to ask what were you thinking?
Here is the source:
https://www.csis.org/analysis/russias-grinding-war-ukraine
Nobody believes that globalist leftist propaganda
Hard to say. He first casualty of war is truth... Or so I heard. But still after years, there are millions of young Ukrainian and Russian men dead for scraps of farm land. Sadly, the EU and NATO will see them all dead just to embarrass Trump. And Trump is the only world leader trying to end this meat grinder.
BS. As usual.
I certainly don’t believe globalist propaganda, and both sides’ statements are ever even marginally true in this particular conflict.
I do know, that I was taught in War college that the attacking side in this kind of war generally has a 5:1 casualty rate.
So, if anything, Russia is ahead of the game if Ukraines number is 600k.
Latest seems to have been a thousand Ukrainian dead for 38 Russian dead, each and every one of them a tragic death. War is war.
We know that 8 million Ukrainians left the country, with a claim of over 4.5 million people having returned to Ukraine from abroad since the war began, which is still a 3.5 million loss.
“what have the ratios been on recent body exchanges?”
The numbers don’t mean anything on the Ukraine side. They will only take 1,000 a month, so that’s what they get. You can look back in time to see the pattern. Russia receives about 35-40 a month. That’s up to November, haven’t seen December yet. The number of wounded outnumbers the dead, and most wounded can’t return to service. There are no reliable numbers I know of for wounded from either side.
The number is total BS and CNN reports as fact.
Think tanks. This one ks special.
Center For Strategic And International Studies Inc a 501(c)3 nonprofit squeaking by on a mere $200 million dollars.
Poor John Hamre, CEO, pulls in a paltry $600K+. Between the fat cats and other salaries, they spend over $35 million plus bennies and expenses.
Why that's better than what CNN pays most of top fat cats.... by a buck or two. Breaking news....
These poor boys are being blowed up, killed and wounded and Trump is the only man trying to end this war. The EU and our useless NaTO trash “allies will have every Ukraine boy die just to embarrass Trump. THIS is the Biden legacy. Death destruction and war. This war is a shame.
You really are a gullible sadsack.
There is no scenario where the Ukrainians haven't suffered five times as many deaths. Yet, there is no chance even Ukraine has lost six million troops.
Mediazonia, run by a Russian dissent with help from the pro-Ukrainian BBC, can still only document 163,606 Russian deaths total in the entire war.
Seems high.
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