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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsconservative US estimate is that 7,000 Russian soldiers have died... a staggering number
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/us/politics/russia-troop-deaths.htmlAs Russian Troop Deaths Climb, Morale Becomes an Issue, Officials Say
More than 7,000 Russian troops have been killed in less than three weeks of fighting, according to conservative U.S. estimates.
WASHINGTON In 36 days of fighting on Iwo Jima during World War II, nearly 7,000 Marines were killed. Now, 20 days after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia invaded Ukraine, his military has already lost more soldiers, according to American intelligence estimates.
The conservative side of the estimate, at more than 7,000 Russian troop deaths, is greater than the number of American troops killed over 20 years in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
It is a staggering number amassed in just three weeks of fighting, American officials say, with implications for the combat effectiveness of Russian units, including soldiers in tank formations. Pentagon officials say a 10 percent casualty rate, including dead and wounded, for a single unit renders it unable to carry out combat-related tasks.
With more than 150,000 Russian troops now involved in the war in Ukraine, Russian casualties, when including the estimated 14,000 to 21,000 injured, are near that level. And the Russian military has also lost at least three generals in the fight, according to Ukrainian, NATO and Russian officials.
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Demovictory9
Mar 2022
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SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)1. Putin Couldn't Care Less
Do the soldiers realize yet that they're risking the rest of their lives by fighting a war for an evil POS?
Just like fans of TFG over here would do anything for their Cult Leader, they don't understand the concept that their Leader doesn't give 2 Shits about whether they live, die or go broke while giving him money.
NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)2. It's getting very ugly there
President Vladimir V. Putin on Wednesday referred to pro-Western Russians as scum and traitors who needed to be removed from society, describing the war in Ukraine as part of an existential clash with the United States and setting the stage for an ever fiercer crackdown at home and even more aggression abroad.
Comparing the West to Nazi Germany, the Russian leader laced his speech with derision for the political beau monde in Europe and the United States, and for the slave-like Russians who supported it. It was a far more hard-line message than one delivered earlier in the day by Mr. Putins foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, who said that Russia saw a certain hope that a compromise can be reached with Ukraine to end the war.
The clash in tone indicated that even as Mr. Putin was directing his officials to explore a negotiated end to a war in which Russia faced far heavier resistance than the Kremlin had anticipated, he was prepared to keep raising the stakes in his conflict with the West.
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The Russian people will always be able to distinguish true patriots from scum and traitors and simply spit them out like a fly that accidentally flew into their mouths, Mr. Putin said. I am convinced that such a natural and necessary self-purification of society will only strengthen our country, our solidarity, cohesion and readiness to respond to any challenges.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/world/europe/putin-russia-ukraine-protests.html
Comparing the West to Nazi Germany, the Russian leader laced his speech with derision for the political beau monde in Europe and the United States, and for the slave-like Russians who supported it. It was a far more hard-line message than one delivered earlier in the day by Mr. Putins foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, who said that Russia saw a certain hope that a compromise can be reached with Ukraine to end the war.
The clash in tone indicated that even as Mr. Putin was directing his officials to explore a negotiated end to a war in which Russia faced far heavier resistance than the Kremlin had anticipated, he was prepared to keep raising the stakes in his conflict with the West.
...
The Russian people will always be able to distinguish true patriots from scum and traitors and simply spit them out like a fly that accidentally flew into their mouths, Mr. Putin said. I am convinced that such a natural and necessary self-purification of society will only strengthen our country, our solidarity, cohesion and readiness to respond to any challenges.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/world/europe/putin-russia-ukraine-protests.html
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)4. Putin's threatened purge will only accelerate the defections at home.
He's jumped the shark.
Midnight Writer
(21,798 posts)3. The Paper Bear is being shredded.