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Posted on 07/03/2026 7:26:38 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
These are tricky times for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The “special military operation” he launched against Ukraine in 2022, intended to last a few days until a puppet regime in Kyiv could be installed, has now gone on longer than both the Soviet fight against Nazi Germany and all of World War I. His forces have long ceased making significant gains on the battlefield; some data even suggest that Russian forces lost territory in April and May. What gains the Russians have made have come at enormous cost: Last month, Anna Keast-Butler, the director of British intelligence agency GCHQ, cited new intelligence indicating that Russian war deaths had likely reached almost half a million; various Western sources put total Russian casualties at significantly more than 1 million.
In relative terms, the attrition losses are even more staggering. By some accounts, Russia is now incurring eight men killed or seriously wounded for every one lost by Ukraine. With average monthly casualties running at more than 30,000 this year, the Russian army is struggling to replace them with fresh recruits. It is offering sign-up bonuses as high as $80,000, and up to $140,000 in debt relief to encourage more men to enlist.
Those who do have little to look forward to. According to Russian military bloggers, the average life expectancy of a new recruit—from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat zone—lies somewhere between 10 days and three weeks. Once they are sent onto the battlefield, Russian fighters survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes. Much of the reason for this is the extraordinary shift in battlefield technology and tactics—in particular, the ways that drones have become the primary killing machines in this war, with stark implications for the future of combat in other parts of the world.
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There is always a drowning man somewhere.
What a load! Why do the Russians give the Ukrainians 1000 dead bodies in exchange for 40 dead Russians?
The lying propaganda is pretty thick here.
True dat.
“Kiev in 3 weeks!”
L
"Iran in 4 days!"
Russia is on the verge of collapse.
One more push by Ukraine should do it.
Then tomorrow:
Ukraine is on the verge of collapse.
One more push by Russia should do it.
It’s nauseating, a repeat of the stupidity and butchery of WW1.
Just on a smaller scale.
“Why do the Russians give the Ukrainians 1000 dead bodies in exchange for 40 dead Russians?
The lying propaganda is pretty thick here.”
ROTFLMAO!
Russia dead: 500k
Ukraine dead: 150k
RE: “Iran in 4 days!”
Never heard any Trump official (or Trump himself ) say that.
In other news today, some report Putin may hit (bomb) the factories in Poland making drones for Ukraine … interesting times
“What a load! Why do the Russians give the Ukrainians 1000 dead bodies in exchange for 40 dead Russians?
The lying propaganda is pretty thick here.”
Russia losing 8 troops for every 1 Ukranian soldier killed as army casualties skyrocket: report
https://x.com/i/grok/share/b81ee1366c5c46eca5f05e2be78da38b
And here we are, 18 weeks and counting.
“And here we are, 18 weeks and counting.”
We are not getting 1,000 a day killed like your Russian buddies.
You sure it's not a million a day?
Maybe two million!
Wrong lesson, even if drawn on the wrong war.
> Putin may hit (bomb) the factories in Poland <
Putin can’t be that stupid (or can he?). Such an attack on Poland could trigger a NATO intervention.
We should also consider a false flag operation. I can think of more than one organization that would love to drag NATO into the Russia/Ukraine war.
As you noted 11th VA, these are interesting times indeed.
Silly reply. Grow up.
I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree on this one. WW1 started over a relatively minor issue. But arrogant leaders on each side decided to push it too far. And so the whole thing spiraled out of control, and into a bloody mess.
With no innocent hands on either side.
I see roughly the same thing with the current Russia/Ukraine conflict.
Of course, your mileage may vary.
And I respect that.
I fail to see how Ukraine pushed it too far.
The last body exchange was Russia returning 20,000 Ukrainian corpses, and ukraine sending back 600 Russian dead.
A consistent ratio with previously reported exchanges
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg7ed4rp7x5o
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