Russia v Ukraine

[Edward.]

1 hour ago, TheSire said:

Where have you heard this? Hopefully they sort out the issue with decision making because of entirely centralised and micromanagement by the government. Most of the advances by Russia stem from areas of the frontline being left to rot without reinforcements, supplies and slow decision making from above. More troops can be added but its a waste if incompetence at the top isn't corrected.

We had a Ukrainian family stay with us for a year, we are still in contact with them. I had a text message off the mother yesterday. 

[TheHowieLama]

KYIV — Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine has lost 43,000 soldiers killed in action and 370,000 more were wounded, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday, in Kyiv's first disclosure of total casualty figures in the the nearly three-year conflict.

Zelenskyy announced the figures in a Telegram post on Sunday.

The Ukrainian figures compare with 600,000 dead and wounded reported for the Russian side. Zelenskyy insists that Moscow's losses are larger than that.

[SasaS]

So are the Ukrainian, that obituaries counting site is now at 60,435.

 

https://ualosses.org/en/soldiers/

 

It's probably closer to double the figure Zelensky quotes, for KIA and MIA. 

[SasaS]

I have just seen Kiev Post journo Korshak quoting another (anti-Zelensky) journo Butusov reporting the number Korshak thinks is believable, which is 70k confirmed KIA and another 35k MIA.

 

I always thought any number below 80 percent of Russian losses (excluding separatists) would be good news, as in, best they can hope for.   

 

[Section_31]

There's a different dynamic when I think of the casualty figures though. No Ukrainian total is too high when they're fighting to save their own land. And each one is a Russian murder.

 

Russian casualties could all have been avoided, Ukraine's couldn't. Every Russian life lost is a life wasted.

[SasaS]

I still can't get over the fact Russians have a stable force generation pipeline of about 30k people volunteering to go to aggressive war every month. I know that there must be a point of exhaustion for that, but the fact there are hundreds of thousands you don't even need to mobilize for that is scary. 

[Strontium]

On 06/12/2024 at 20:16, TheHowieLama said:

Perpetua's count feels like it has been going on forever.

 

He's just going through the motions now.

[Section_31]

Russian general killed in a bomb blast in Moscow, he was in charge of the country's nuclear forces. 

 

Two Russian oil tankers sank yesterday.

 

Ukraine has trekendous moxie for its size.

[TheHowieLama]

4 hours ago, Section_31 said:

Russian general killed in a bomb blast in Moscow, he was in charge of the country's nuclear forces. 

 

A senior Russian general was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s security service leveled criminal charges against him.Kirillov, 54, was under sanctions from several countries, including the U.K. and Canada, for his actions in Moscow’s war in Ukraine. On Monday, Ukraine’s Security Service, or SBU, opened a criminal investigation against him, accusing him of directing the use of banned chemical weapons.

 

 

 

[Section_31]

This is the best way to get at Russia IMO. It's fucking huge, all the coppers are bent and their internal security apparatus is focussed wholly on persecuting journalists and Vlad's former judo rivals. You could probably walk around dressed as Captain America rubbing your dick on Faberge eggs for three weeks before anyone even noticed. 

[Mudface]

55 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

You could probably walk around dressed as Captain America rubbing your dick on Faberge eggs for three weeks before anyone even noticed. 

 

Unlike Hull, where I got clocked immediately. Nosey bastards.

[Megadrive Man]

 

The move to recruit North Korean 'soldiers' is going just as you'd expect!

 

[Section_31]

The North Koreans shot a few Russians around kursk the other day due to the "language barrier", they should dub their voices like Bruce Lee.

 

"Comrade. When the water hits the rock, it becomes like rock, the enemy of my friend is my enemy too. Now he dies."

[DJLJ]

Putin challenging the West to a duel by missile is a new laugh. Fucking hell. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-says-russia-is-ready-missile-duel-with-us-2024-12-19/

[Section_31]

Now now don't be pouring cold water on Russian ingenuity, they found a cure for cancer the other day.

 

 

https://www.newsweek.com/russian-cancer-vaccine-scientists-very-skeptical-2002882

[Bobby Hundreds]

Throwing people off hospital balconies stops the cancer being the thing that kills you.

[Bruce Spanner]

2 hours ago, Section_31 said:

Now now don't be pouring cold water on Russian ingenuity, they found a cure for cancer the other day.

 

 

https://www.newsweek.com/russian-cancer-vaccine-scientists-very-skeptical-2002882

 

Is that like when the found the covid vaccine and it turned out to be spud vodka mixed with demestos and they injected a load of jarheads with it who subsequently exploded?

[SasaS]

New Mediazona update with Russian casualties confirmed by name, another crazy number for the past two weeks of 2,711 names, which I think is the highest ever.

 

Total jumped to 84,761 KIA to date. Even with the most conservative estimate that this is 70 percent of the actual total, it would be 121,000 dead. This is for Russia plus Crimea alone, without the separatists. 

 

https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/20/casualties_eng-trl

[Section_31]

No sign of foul play and certainly no sign of Ukrainian involvement.

 

Very tidy.

 

 

[Strontium]

Looks like the Russians shot down another passenger plane
 

 

[cochyn]

On 25/12/2024 at 15:24, Strontium said:

Looks like the Russians shot down another passenger plane
 

 

 

That flock of birds it flew into sure had some sharp little beaks, comrade....

[SasaS]

Bump.

 

3,965 new names on Mediazona's list for the past four weeks takes the total of known Russian KIA to 88,726.

 

On the other hand, they are still advancing. Toretsk is now all but lost, admittedly three months later than I expected, Velika Novosilka in the south looks about to be abandoned and Ukrainian internal structural problems seem to be persisting.

 

https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/20/casualties_eng-trl