Posted on 06/03/2025 3:08:33 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Nearly one million Russian troops have been killed or wounded in the country’s war against Ukraine, according to a new study, a staggering toll as Russia’s three-year assault on its neighbor grinds on.
The study, published on Tuesday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said that close to 400,000 Ukrainian troops have also been killed or wounded since the war began.
That would put the overall casualty figure, for Russian and Ukrainian troops combined, at almost 1.4 million.
Officials cautioned that casualty figures were difficult to estimate because Moscow is believed to routinely undercount its war dead and injured, and Kyiv does not disclose official figures. The study published on Tuesday relied on casualty figures from American and British government estimates, among other sources.
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Russia has a significant advantage in artillery and air power.....yet they’ve suffered 2 and a half to 1 casualties vs the Ukes? Yeah.....bullcrap. The casualty numbers are probably exactly the opposite of that.
I suppose we can argue about how accurate those numbers are.
But one thing is for certain. Christians are slaughtering each other in large numbers.
It’s exactly like WW1, but just in miniature.
Pride + stupidity + death on each side.
Now here’s a really frightening thing. Many unexpected - and quite horrible - things came from WW1 and it’s aftermath. It would not be unreasonable to expect the same to happen here.
Especially with drones and now they're starting to use AI.
I Googled it, and here is one of the answers:
“CSIS is officially a bipartisan think tank with scholars that represent varying points of view across the political spectrum.”
IMO that’s about as lefty-lucy as it gets, and probably a CIA op of some sort to make lies factual and bipartisan.
It needs to go away.
Any so called facts, such as troop casualties, are guaranteed lies, especially when put out by the NYT.
The Russians have had something like an 8 to 1 artillery advantage for most of the war.
Artillery is the queen of battle.
‘There is no famine in Ukraine’ - also The New York Times, circa 1933
‘There is no famine in Ukraine’ - Moscow Kremlin, circa 1933
Soon they’ll have to start rounding up the Russians living in Ukraine to fight their war.
Well, as a red leg I’d agree on artillery. But western artillery and targeting data would balance the equation quickly, especially missiles.
Regardless, it doesn’t change the numbers.
Even at the low end of 850,000 casualties, that’s staggering. It’s rapidly approaching the killed/wounded of the USA for Europe in WWII, if not exceeding it.
> Especially with drones and now they’re starting to use AI. <
Yep. And there’s a political side as well. The aftermath of WW1 produced two monsters, Hitler and Lenin. What will the aftermath of the Ukraine/Russia conflict bring?
I was at one time optimistic. I thought Trump would be able to broker a peace. That looks less likely now.
My best guess is the casualties are far larger on both sides. The Russians dot count missing, prisoners, foreign fighters, or naval losses. Might be much larger on Russian side.
Ukrainians really have no choice at this point but to continue fighting, because Russian occupation would be a horror show.
They don't want to fight but they know that they have no choice.
Given that dissents are rounded up and imprisoned and, in some cases, being killed, how would know that?
It isn't even arguable that conscripts have been rounded up and sent to the frontlines against their wills.
Zelensky, Lindsey Graham and the globalists behind this war are still pure evil!
True or not Ukraine is withering away by a meat grinder war subsidized by the West who cheer leads a fool in Zelensky.
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Well said, shanover. And I don’t believe the assertion that only 400K Ukies have died in the war.
New York Times January 31, 1933, Page 3: HITLER PUTS ASIDE AIM TO BE DICTATOR
I am sure there is some disswent in Ukraine but it does not appear to be very much. Stop listening to Russian propaganda.
We’d supposed to believe anything out of this war?
Both sides lie
The people in the annexed do NOT want to go back to being part of Ukraine. In fact, it was the militias of the LPR and DPR, not the regular Russian military, were doing the fighting on the ground in the first 10 months of the war.
If Ukraine conceded the annexed territory and agreed, as its Constitution requires, to be neutral toward Russia, the war would be over.
If you're not lying, you're grossly ignorant.
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