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    Russland hat in der Ukraine 1,2 Millionen Soldaten verloren – mehr als seine gesamte Vorkriegsarmee

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    1. HangryHuHu on

      Talk about dying or being permanently handicapped, for, nothing… well, not entirely nothing, i suppose they’ve given the world a head’s up that they wanted to and have reclaimed their throne as pariah of the world

    2. dickie_anderson99 on

      Imagine how much embarrassment and stress Putin must feel every waking second of his day leading his country into such an unbelievably stupid mistake

    3. postusa2 on

      The shocking part that Europe needs to wake up to is that it hasn’t made Puin flinch. To you and I, Russias war is devastating, an embarrassment, a surprising show of ineptitude and disorganization. But to Putin, he sees those piles of dead russians gaping into the sky as decorations for murals to rival those of Stalin’s great war. And much more than territory or Russias position in geopolitics, that is ultimately what this is about. His ego, his self image, his control at home, his fear that Russians would look over their border to a better quality of life.

      The false premise of the peace deal is that it is territory the man wants. What he really wants is just war for the sake of it, and no peace deal is going to satisfy him. Even if he signs it, it would just be to regroup. 

      Some wars just have to be won.

    4. LifeIsRadInCBad on

      The source for these numbers appears to be Ukraine.

      I’d really be interested in a leak from Russia on the numbers.

      *edit because too many to reply to: „leak“ implies moderately honest numbers (in as much as they might exist), as compared to a Russian „release“ of stats.*

    5. steve_ample on

      Meat wave tactics not seen since the days of Stalin. Because the thinking is the same – expendable lives are to be expended.

    6. stayathmdad on

      Dulce et Decorum Est

      By Wilfred Owen

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      Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
      Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
      Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
      And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
      Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots,
      But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
      Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
      Of gas-shells dropping softly behind.

      Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling
      Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time,
      But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
      And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime.—
      Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,
      As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.

      In all my dreams before my helpless sight,
      He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

      If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace
      Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
      And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
      His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin;
      If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
      Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
      Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
      Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,—
      My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
      To children ardent for some desperate glory,
      The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
      Pro patria mori.

    7. Arrrchitect on

      It’s wild how the people of Russia let Putin tread all over them and send them to their deaths. The people of Russia need to understand that Putin is their enemy.

    8. Successful-Coach-525 on

      I’m fortunate to have been adopted by an American family and moved out of Russia. I keep in touch a lot with people I grew up with, a few of them have been married 4 or 5 times within the past couple of years and their husbands keep going MIA in Ukraine but they are doing pretty well now.

    9. Majestic-Collar-2675 on

      It’s gotten to the point where Putin is dependent on North Korea. That ain’t good.

    10. randomname347 on

      Russians have a history of throwing away entire armies and still winning. They do not give a fuck about their soldiers life, do not underestimate their zeal…

    11. Crying_Reaper on

      This entire war is such a fantastic study in how effective a good defense is and how hard it is to break a defender that is fighting to not lose.

    12. series-hybrid on

      There were times over the last few years when Russia used prison convicts, and draftees, and soldiers from North Korea, etc…but they have also frequently needed to use real experienced combat troops for important goals. Its been three years, and now, almost all of the experienced and trained troops have been killed.

      Captured and surrendered troops have said they were drafted off the street and were given a weeks worth of training which basically boiled down to „follow orders“. My point is that the current Russian army is not made of of „special forces“. Far from it.

      „The meat waves will continue until morale improves“

    13. Responsible-Cap-8311 on

      Incredible that there is no externally perceivable signs of unrest in Russia

    15. Minimum-Ad-8056 on

      All that death just to gain a tiny sliver of land when they already have more land than most anyone else.

    16. Puzzleheaded-Ad-9181 on

      This number is inflated.. most of them probably just fled the war and are living in another country.

    19. Beginning-2-Smell on

      I’m so confused how it is possible to lead a strong nation like Russia into a pretty much unexplainable war. Just imagine the power for good they could have been in the world. They could have prospered. What’s going on right now, everything seems so counter-productive in every aspect

    20. ImmediateOne9000 on

      To what? I don’t understand how Ukranian army could be killing this many can someone explain?

    21. Fluffer-fluf on

      That’s about 1/65 of total men. They have plenty left for the meat grinder

    24. Cabalist_writes on

      Probably why the info war and sponsorship of Russia friendly right wing parties is on the rise, more overt and more aggressive – to stymie any responses across Europe..the US is already compromised, the EU is slow to react and overly cautious, and no one wants to be the one with their head above the parapet.

      And the irony is with the info war ongoing, things like Reform in the UK will gain traction and help Russia, which will give the Russians breathing space to fully co-opt their border nations if they want.

      That’s the worst case scenario. We need to commit early and fast, nip it in the bud an actively remove Russian data centres or the ability to use bot farms. But modern governments don’t think in those terms, and we want to preserve global Internet infrastructure. I can’t see how we do it without extreme damage across borders in both digital and physical terms.

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