I don't really disagree with 300k casualties, obviously that isn't 300k KIA. I find some of the other numbers, like 5,000+ tanks destroyed difficult to believe. I could believe half that figure, I expect a lot will have been damaged and repaired, just like a lot of men will have been injured and returned to active duty.
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I don't really disagree with 300k casualties, obviously that isn't 300k KIA. I find some of the other numbers, like 5,000+ tanks destroyed difficult to believe. I could believe half that figure, I expect a lot will have been damaged and repaired, just like a lot of men will have been injured and returned to active duty.
2.4 + k visualy confirmed tanks , destroyed, captured and generally lost.
Looooots more APC/IFV losses on top...lots
Not sure it's been updated for some time however
There is someone else on X who does similar but I forgot to follow him and can't find it now, doh, but his daily add ups usually are 1:4 in favour of Ukraine, visualy confirmed.
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This list is up to date,2.4 + k visualy confirmed tanks , destroyed, captured and generally lost.
Looooots more APC/IFV losses on top...lots
Not sure it's been updated for some time however
There is someone else on X who does similar but I forgot to follow him and can't find it now, doh, but his daily add ups usually are 1:4 in favour of Ukraine, visualy confirmed.
Is the guy now doing the updates
Daily bulletin from the Kremlin.
There is another angle to it as well - pulling these older tanks out means they can use up remaining 100-115mm ammo conserving supplies of more useful stuff for where it is needed more.
Of the videos on Reddit... no one is going back to active duty.
A few videos I've seen lately the Russian soldiers themselves don't seem to have much hope when injured. One guy pulled out his own grenade and clamped it to his head, another got his gun and blew his head off immediately after being injured by drone strikes :-/
Think it depends a lot on the situation as well, seen a few vids of Ukrainian troops committing suicide after a drone drop unfortunately
I thought the Ukranians would have had a greater expectation of help / medical aid coming....obviously not
Maybe dont wanna live as a double amputee or worse for rest of their lives.... Can respect it for that reason.I thought the Ukranians would have had a greater expectation of help / medical aid coming....obviously not
I thought the Ukranians would have had a greater expectation of help / medical aid coming....obviously not
One was definitely a sniper, so probably away from any support.
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The most disturbing part of this is that they do it almost immediately after being hit. They don’t wait for a while in agony before giving up hope. It seems like it’s already accepted as the only/best option.
It’s difficult to imagine being put in that situation.
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I thought the Ukranians would have had a greater expectation of help / medical aid coming....obviously not
I think in many cases taking their own life is the only option to stop the pain. I broke my left tib and fib and had the bones sticking out of my leg as a 14 year old after falling 40ft off a roof. It was nearly 40 minutes until the ambulance arrived and although time is great at making you forget the actual pain, I know I was at a point I'd have done almost anything to stop the pain and that was probably a fraction of what some of these guys are going through.
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Could just be pure panic kicking in and wanting to end whatever pain they are in.
I can't imagine how terrifying it must be for all involved on the front lines, there must be a fair chunk of them who can't see any way out.
I wonder how bad PTSD rates are compared to other wars, but I guess it's something everyone wants to hide including the western governments.
No doubt Russia won't have much sympathy for their soldiers, and I'd wager Ukraine are desperate for man power so likely don't care much either
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Combine that with the likely treatment if taken into Russia captivity...
And I suspect some of the Russians will be under the impression, mostly due to propaganda, that they'd receive the same kind of treatment from Ukrainians. Although not always have Russian POWs received the best of treatment :s but it tends to be more of the exception than the rule.
I can't imagine the Russians just letting Ukrainians take their guys off the field
The hope of being "rescued" by either side is likely nil, there's probably more chance Russia would just use you as bait or kill you rather than let you "surrender" to the enemy
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He regrets the dismemberment of USSR. What would happen next if he would have said: just leave from Romania, Poland and the Baltic nations, go back on more or step, or else... Then again, and again, and again. Don't be Chamberlain, man!
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It's where all the wheat is grown and the largest deposits of lithium oxide, iron ore, coal, many other mineral deposits, rare earths etc, the GDP is meaningless.
You said "economic output". Don't shuffle the goalposts when you're caught talking out of your posterior.
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