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Between 20,000 and 50,000 Ukrainians have lost one or more limbs since the start of the war.
Twitter ^ | August 2, 2023 | DD Geopolitics

Posted on 08/02/2023 10:31:02 AM PDT by Kazan

Between 20,000 and 50,000 Ukrainians have lost one or more limbs since the start of the war.

The Wall Street Journal writes about this, noting that these figures are comparable to the First World War.

The publication cites the data with reference to the Kiev charitable organization Houp Foundation and the German manufacturer of prostheses Ottobock. The latter, in turn, rely on the data of the leadership of Ukraine and partner companies.

The article notes that the actual number of injured may be even higher, since the process of prosthetics takes a long time.

The publication writes that at the beginning of the war, the main causes of amputations were artillery and rocket attacks. Now the soldiers are getting injured, undermined by mines, installed along the entire front line.


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KEYWORDS: bogusnonsense; desperaterussia; failedproxywar; russia; russialosing; russiandisinfo; ukraine
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To: canuck_conservative
The reasons Zelensky cancelled the upcoming elections is because he knew that Ukrainian people wanted peace and to end this war.

Zelensky is our puppet and has absolutely no control over whether the war ends.

41 posted on 08/02/2023 3:15:18 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: desertsolitaire
Apparently the ones running Joe Biden are hell bent on continuing to supply not enough for the Ukes to win or gain negotiating advantage

There isn't anymore ammo to give to Ukraine. Thus, the reason for the cluster ammo being approved. We nor Europe can manufacture fast enough.

We've already depleted our weapon stocks to dangerously low levels.

Ukraine never had a chance in this war. The idiots in the Biden regime miscalculated the strength of the Russian military and Russia's ability to manufacture ammo and missiles.

42 posted on 08/02/2023 3:18:27 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: desertsolitaire

“I resent that we are being lied to that we are giving the Ukes what they need because we aren’t.”

I think we are being lied to about a lot more than that. The whole premise of this war (Ukrainians the good guys minding their own business and Russia the bad guys attacking them without provocation) is fiction.

The real story is that for decades we have been provoking Russia by discussing NATO membership with Ukraine and other nations bordering Russia. Even without granting formal NATO membership, we have given them quasi NATO status - knowing it would be unacceptable to Russia.

Obviously, the war mongers of the West wanted this war and gave Putin no choice - so it’s disingenuous to play this as an unprovoked attack.


43 posted on 08/03/2023 1:41:17 PM PDT by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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