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Tomconroy

(7,611 posts) Sat May 14, 2022, 04:36 AM May 2022

Our favorite logistics guy describes the end of the war:

Link to tweet

It'll be sometime this summer. Maybe as early as the end of June.

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Our favorite logistics guy describes the end of the war: (Original Post) Tomconroy May 2022 OP

Mortality NJCher May 2022 #1

The Soviets lost 147 tanks in Afghanistan in 10 years Wednesdays May 2022 #3

Kick. ANOTHER really interesting OP on Ukraine by Tomconroy. Thanks. Scrivener7 May 2022 #2

NJCher

(35,706 posts)

1. Mortality

Reply to Tomconroy (Original post)

Sat May 14, 2022, 05:41 AM

May 2022

A) will Putin himself even last that long? (Summer).

B) a report I heard last night was that 27,000 Russians have died in this war to date. For perspective, they lost 15,000 over 10 years in Afghanistan.

Wednesdays

(17,398 posts)

3. The Soviets lost 147 tanks in Afghanistan in 10 years

Reply to NJCher (Reply #1)

Sat May 14, 2022, 10:39 AM

May 2022

I'll bet the Russians lost that many in just the first week in Ukraine.

Scrivener7

(50,989 posts)

2. Kick. ANOTHER really interesting OP on Ukraine by Tomconroy. Thanks.

Reply to Tomconroy (Original post)

Sat May 14, 2022, 07:20 AM

May 2022

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