Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress]

[Branko]

I would not agree (nor would anyone in the West) that the losses of military personnel (if that's what you mean) are equal on both sides - because the attacking side, as a rule, loses far more people than the defending one. Only Ukraine and Russia know the exact figures, but some international studies say that Ukraine lost around 140 000, while Russia lost over 300 000 soldiers.

Really? So how much Americans died in Iraq and Vietnam, compared to local defenders?

[Lucius]

Sources are sources, you just have to know their bias and adjust for that.

Sure, we can have different opinions but the difference seems to be between 1:1 what i claim and 2:1 what you claim. Even the best case still doesn't look good for Ukraine.

Right, just like every motivated Afghani, Iraqi, Libyan, Iranian... was worth 10 US soldiers just because they were motivated to protect their land right, solid logic! There's is your opinion and then there's what's really happening in the world. It's been years since Ukrainians were volunteering for military, Ukraine long had to resort to busification to find souls for the front lines, unsurprisingly "busified" soldiers are not very motivated and just ran away the first chance they get. Look up how much Russian soldiers get paid before talking about looting. And stop spreading fake news!

You Russians are in your black hole and you won't get out of it for another 1000 years, because like your bloody brothers the Serbs, you have acquired everything you have through lies and the bloodshed of innocent people. Only fools like you and your butcher are proud of being paid to kill, destroy and steal - it's no wonder they call your army all sorts of derogatory names, you deserve it.

Just send new Russians to Ukraine, we will send Ukraine everything it needs to bring them back home in black bags, and you and yours will then falsify the data, and when the war is over, write that a few thousand Russians and a million Ukrainians died.

[LTU_btc]

There are many more Ukrainians in EU than 1,5mil! Check your sources! Account for population on the territories now under Russia's control! And don't forget about low fertility rates during the war and excess deaths, substance abuses, suicides etc etc etc...

That's my bad, I didn't noticed that I confused things a bit. Wanted to say that there is 5-6 millions Ukrainian refugees in Europe and 1.5 million in Russia. Anyway, nobody isn't denying problems of Ukraine's demographics, it was bad already before war. But still, there is just no way that there is 50% of their population is gone.

Only Ukraine and Russia know the exact figures, but some international studies say that Ukraine lost around 140 000, while Russia lost over 300 000 soldiers.

I think even Ukraine and Russia don't know exact numbers. When it comes to front line, grey zone, it's really hard to tell these things - who was killed, who is gone, who was captured. I guess Russia will never reveal their actual numbers. Ukraine - maybe after end of war

[hostm]

Zelenskyy's conflict with MPs could deprive Ukraine of IMF loans and EU membership

A serious political crisis is brewing in Ukraine: the Verkhovna Rada is blocking President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's legislative initiatives. This conflict threatens the country's access to financial assistance from the IMF and the EU, according to the British newspaper Financial Times.

we will send Ukraine everything it needs to bring them back home in black bags, and you and yours will then falsify the data, and when the war is over, write that a few thousand Russians and a million Ukrainians died.

You can't send anything to Ukraine now because the most important weapons began to be sent to Israel.

And since half of the Ukrainian army now consists of foreign mercenaries, Russia has increased the number of one-and-a-half-ton bombs to destroy them.

Come to defend Ukraine yourself and you will see the truth. But I know that you will not be able to survive there.
 

[BADecker]

It's starting to come out that funds sent to Ukraine in the beginning of the war, were diverted and sent back to their respective countries in a big circular money laundering scheme. It isn't that this info wasn't known to the NSA. It's simply that it has been hidden until now. Probably some of Trump's actions are bringing it out into the open.


NSA intercepts from late 2022 captured Ukrainian government communications...

[montaga]

General mobilization will come, no other way to replace the 30000 per month who are flat lined https://x.com/i/status/2037210180354458027
Yeah, land is cheap so a big plot is needed for the SMO reparations payment https://x.com/i/status/2037153685361615126
McDonalds know what's up, already reopen in Mykolajiw, 60 km from front line.

[DaRude]

Sources are sources, you just have to know their bias and adjust for that.

Sure, we can have different opinions but the difference seems to be between 1:1 what i claim and 2:1 what you claim. Even the best case still doesn't look good for Ukraine.

Right, just like every motivated Afghani, Iraqi, Libyan, Iranian... was worth 10 US soldiers just because they were motivated to protect their land right, solid logic! There's is your opinion and then there's what's really happening in the world. It's been years since Ukrainians were volunteering for military, Ukraine long had to resort to busification to find souls for the front lines, unsurprisingly "busified" soldiers are not very motivated and just ran away the first chance they get. Look up how much Russian soldiers get paid before talking about looting. And stop spreading fake news!

You Russians are in your black hole and you won't get out of it for another 1000 years, because like your bloody brothers the Serbs, you have acquired everything you have through lies and the bloodshed of innocent people. Only fools like you and your butcher are proud of being paid to kill, destroy and steal - it's no wonder they call your army all sorts of derogatory names, you deserve it.

Just send new Russians to Ukraine, we will send Ukraine everything it needs to bring them back home in black bags, and you and yours will then falsify the data, and when the war is over, write that a few thousand Russians and a million Ukrainians died.

After 4 years of sending only enough to Ukraine for them to loose slowly, and as you claim barely enough money to pay Ukrainian soldiers just $500 per month to go against Russia, isn't it ironic to now claim that "we will send Ukraine everything it needs"? When do you think it'll happen? If i was Ukrainian I'd take it as some mean joke, like at this point 5th year into a war you surely must be just mocking Ukrainians  

Seems like you have some anger issues you need to work out. Clearly you goal is just to cause as much damage to Russia as possible, regardless of the Ukrainian losses, even until the last Ukrainian, which is in line with the current EU thinking. The results should surprise no one.

Ukraine Struggles to Find More NATO Donors to Pay for US Weapons
Ukraine is struggling to secure fresh commitments from NATO allies to purchase US weapons for the war-torn country, Kyiv’s envoy to the military alliance said.

Currently, a small handful of countries are paying for the bulk of the weapons, and the UK is the only contributor that has recently joined the fold, Ukrainian NATO Ambassador Alyona Getmanchuk told Bloomberg. It’s becoming difficult for Ukraine to approach the same few countries over and over, she added.

The reluctance is compounding Ukraine’s growing financial predicament as Russia’s invasion grinds through its fifth year and peace talks stall. Hungary is separately blocking the release of a crucial €90 billion ($104 billion) European Union loan for Ukraine, and a political spat in Ukraine’s parliament is threatening to delay International Monetary Fund aid payments.

There are many more Ukrainians in EU than 1,5mil! Check your sources! Account for population on the territories now under Russia's control! And don't forget about low fertility rates during the war and excess deaths, substance abuses, suicides etc etc etc...

That's my bad, I didn't noticed that I confused things a bit. Wanted to say that there is 5-6 millions Ukrainian refugees in Europe and 1.5 million in Russia. Anyway, nobody isn't denying problems of Ukraine's demographics, it was bad already before war. But still, there is just no way that there is 50% of their population is gone.

Only Ukraine and Russia know the exact figures, but some international studies say that Ukraine lost around 140 000, while Russia lost over 300 000 soldiers.

I think even Ukraine and Russia don't know exact numbers. When it comes to front line, grey zone, it's really hard to tell these things - who was killed, who is gone, who was captured. I guess Russia will never reveal their actual numbers. Ukraine - maybe after end of war

In your estimate, how much of the Ukrainian population is gone since US brought cookies to Ukraine in 2013?

That's a misconception. Both sides know their own losses pretty well. Companies/platoons/squads all report their status daily, are monitored live, and also need to be supplied with rations and at the very least water almost continuously. Sure at any one moment the status of some units in a grey zone might be unknown but that number is minuscule less than 0,1% of the overall force. As far as knowing the losses of the other side, that's where reconnaissance and intelligence comes it. I think intelligence agencies of all countries have a pretty good estimate of losses for Ukraine and Russia. Also advancing side needs to clear out the dead, so they have better idea. After the war is over, there are lots of ways to accurate estimate census data, don't see why researches wouldn't publish it for both sides once they're allowed to.

[LTU_btc]

In your estimate, how much of the Ukrainian population is gone since US brought cookies to Ukraine in 2013?

That's a misconception. Both sides know their own losses pretty well. Companies/platoons/squads all report their status daily, are monitored live, and also need to be supplied with rations and at the very least water almost continuously. Sure at any one moment the status of some units in a grey zone might be unknown but that number is minuscule less than 0,1% of the overall force. As far as knowing the losses of the other side, that's where reconnaissance and intelligence comes it. I think intelligence agencies of all countries have a pretty good estimate of losses for Ukraine and Russia. Also advancing side needs to clear out the dead, so they have better idea. After the war is over, there are lots of ways to accurate estimate census data, don't see why researches wouldn't publish it for both sides once they're allowed to.

I can say only estimated numbers because there is no reliable data. Even if we will look at pre-war Ukraine, their last census was just in 2001. From data that I found I would say that in territory under control of Ukraine there is slightly over 30 million people:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/us/news/journalist-claims-ukraines-population-halved-to-20-million-how-real-is-the-crisis/articleshow/129728485.cms?from=mdr
But I'm not sure it's right to look into things in such way. People who live under occupation - they didn't become Russian in one day after being Ukrainians whole their life.
About removing dead troops from battle field - it's not always possible because risk is too big to get killed by drone. I've seen plenty of videos where dead people are eaten by wild animals and dogs

[BADecker]

In your estimate, how much of the Ukrainian population is gone since US brought cookies to Ukraine in 2013?

That's a misconception. Both sides know their own losses pretty well. Companies/platoons/squads all report their status daily, are monitored live, and also need to be supplied with rations and at the very least water almost continuously. Sure at any one moment the status of some units in a grey zone might be unknown but that number is minuscule less than 0,1% of the overall force. As far as knowing the losses of the other side, that's where reconnaissance and intelligence comes it. I think intelligence agencies of all countries have a pretty good estimate of losses for Ukraine and Russia. Also advancing side needs to clear out the dead, so they have better idea. After the war is over, there are lots of ways to accurate estimate census data, don't see why researches wouldn't publish it for both sides once they're allowed to.

I can say only estimated numbers because there is no reliable data. Even if we will look at pre-war Ukraine, their last census was just in 2001. From data that I found I would say that in territory under control of Ukraine there is slightly over 30 million people:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/us/news/journalist-claims-ukraines-population-halved-to-20-million-how-real-is-the-crisis/articleshow/129728485.cms?from=mdr
But I'm not sure it's right to look into things in such way. People who live under occupation - they didn't become Russian in one day after being Ukrainians whole their life.
About removing dead troops from battle field - it's not always possible because risk is too big to get killed by drone. I've seen plenty of videos where dead people are eaten by wild animals and dogs

Many so-called Ukrainians were Russians their whole life, and only succumbed to Ukrainian authority because of the agreements that the West would not push Eastward. The West broke those agreements, and the Ukrainian Russians can't figure out whether to be happy about it or not.

People in many parts of the world eat dead animals. Now the animals are gtting their revenge.

[hostm]

Most ordinary Ukrainians are tired of the war. Because they've been left without electricity and gas. And every day, the TCC militants come for them, forcibly taking them to war.

I have Ukrainian friends who are now crying in their thousands on social media, demanding that this end.

Many still remember how good it was for them during the Soviet era. And many have already realized that Western globalists bring only death and destruction to the world.

[montaga]

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Many so-called Ukrainians were Russians their whole life, .................

You have that arsed backward. Crimea has already been a country when such a thing as Russia did not even exist.
How people who are actually from there feel about https://x.com/i/status/2037575769367482612

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People in many parts of the world eat dead animals. Now the animals are getting their revenge. ....

Ukraine is dong the best to rescue. At least the sheep are not fearful today.
https://x.com/i/status/2037676729745981569


Ukraine declares war in Trillion Dollar defense industries.
Qatar just signed a 10-year defence co-production agreement with Ukraine, and.

Zelensky just landed in the UAE and signed a defense cooperation agreement with President MBZ.

The deal on the table changes everything about this war. Ukraine is offering Gulf states 1,000 drone interceptors per day. Each Sting interceptor costs $2,100. Each Patriot missile it replaces costs $3.9 million. In exchange, Ukraine wants the Patriot missiles the Gulf states are burning through, because Kyiv cannot get enough of them to stop Russian missiles.

Read that again. The country America refused to arm fast enough is now arming America’s allies with a weapon that costs 1,857 times less than the one America cannot produce fast enough.

The National reported on March 27 that Zelensky told reporters: “We’d like to quietly receive the Patriot missiles we have a deficit of, and give them a corresponding number of interceptors.” AFP confirmed the UAE agreement on March 28. Eleven countries have formally requested Ukraine’s drone defence expertise per Zelensky’s own count. Over 200 Ukrainian military specialists are already deployed across the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Jordan.

Here is the arithmetic that should terrify every Pentagon procurement officer on earth.

The United States fired 943 Patriot interceptors in the first four days of the Iran war per a US Congressional study cited by the Jerusalem Post. That is eighteen months of Lockheed Martin’s annual production consumed in 96 hours. Each of those 943 shots cost $3.9 million. Total expenditure: $3.68 billion in four days on defensive interceptions alone. Iran produces 10,000 Shahed drones per month per Reuters. Each drone costs $20,000 to $50,000. The cost exchange ratio is 114 to 1 in Iran’s favour per Military Times.

Ukraine’s Sting interceptor inverts this arithmetic entirely. At $2,100, the cost ratio flips from 114-to-1 against America to roughly 10-to-1 against Iran. Ukraine can supply 1,000 per day. That is 30,000 per month against Iran’s 10,000 Shaheds per month. For the first time in this war, the defender’s production rate exceeds the attacker’s production rate at a fraction of the cost.

And the country that built this weapon is the same country that Trump publicly rejected. “No, they are not helping. We do not need their help. We know more about drones than anyone else” per Fox News. He doubled down: “The last person we need help from is Zelensky.” Meanwhile the Pentagon notified Congress of plans to redirect $750 million in Ukraine-bound Patriot missiles to Gulf states per House of Saud reporting. America is simultaneously refusing Ukraine’s cheap solution and cannibalising Ukraine’s expensive one.

Zelensky framed this explicitly. He told The National: “No matter how many Patriots, THAADs, or other air-defence systems are in the Middle East, that alone is not enough for fully effective air defence.” He told the UK Parliament: “When it comes to shooting down massive Shahed attacks, only Ukrainian experience can really help with this today.”

The Pentagon is spending $3.9 million per interception, raiding Swiss fighter jet accounts to cover shortfalls, and diverting Ukraine’s own Patriot supply to the Gulf. Zelensky is offering the same result for $2,100 and producing 1,000 units per day. The market has a word for this kind of disruption.

The $2,100 drone is the most important weapon in this war. And the country that built it is the one America said it did not need.

[hostm]

Over 200 Ukrainian military specialists are already deployed across the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Jordan.

Zelensky himself lacks specialists. So this is most likely fake. Because hordes of drones are now circling over Ukrainian cities, searching for military targets.

In fact, let him send the entire Ukrainian army there.

[BADecker]

^^^ If America is having Vietnam-style troubles in the Middle East, how much more almost dead Ukraine within itself?

Besides, Trump couldn't help Russia freely. So now he is doing it through the ME (second article below).


After Putin's Guarded Iran War Comments, Medvedev Enters The Chat


https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/after-putins-guarded-iran-war-comments-medvedev-enters-chat
He had compared the war and the Hormuz Strait closure - and subsequent impact on global energy - to the massive widescale impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. But fundamentally he highlighted the "unpredictable" nature of the conflict in terms of where it's headed, as Washington appears to be searching for an offramp on its terms.

On Friday Dmitry Medvedev weighed in, and as expected the former Russian president and current Deputy Chairman of the Security Council was much less guarded in his assessment. He warned at a moment thousands of US Marines and Airborne troop are en route to the Middle East that if the US enters a ground war in Iran it will be another "Vietnam".

American boots on the ground so far from US shores "threatens roughly the same consequences as what happened in Vietnam," Medvedev said as quotes in NBC and others.

"When Washington intervened in a foreign country, located a thousand miles away, and for ten years was unable to find a dignified way out of this conflict," he told the state-run RIA news agency.

He added that a potential ground operation in Iran would have "fatal consequences" for the broader region and for all involved in the war.

The White House has been insistent that Trump's Iran "excursion" is not a quagmire. It has especially been Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth who has repeatedly denied that this conflict can be comparable to the start of 'forever wars' in Iraq and Afghanistan.

But clearly the US doesn't have good track record when its forces must endure extended asymmetric warfare and insurgency conditions. Yet that's exactly where things will likely head if the White House introduces ground forces.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has actually seized on this historic theme as well, earlier writing on X: "Americans haven't forgotten how (in 1967), even as hundreds of U.S. soldiers were dying in Vietnam, and the outcome was already clear, General William Westmoreland was flown home to reassure everyone that the war was going well - that the U.S. was 'winning'."

"The media haven't forgotten either; those briefings full of fantasy from the frontlines became infamous as the 'Five O'Clock Follies'," he said. The "same script, different stage" is now unfolding, Araghchi insisted, adding: "Hegseth steps up, and the message is still detached from reality."
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$100 Oil Is Solving Russia's Budget Problem


https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/100-oil-solving-russias-budget-problem
Moscow expects so much additional revenues from the oil price spike that authorities are unlikely to downgrade Russia's economic prospects, hold off on planned budget cuts, and even boost military spending on the war in Ukraine, Bloomberg reports, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.

A month ago, Russia was considering lowering the oil price level above which it sends the proceeds to its wealth fund as oil and gas revenues were plummeting with widening discounts and key Russian buyers like India pulling out of the spot market.

But the Middle East war and the worst disruption in the history of the global oil market pushed oil prices above $100 per barrel and prompted the United States to give buyers a free pass on Russian oil purchases.

As a result, the price of Urals, Russia's flagship crude, has now nearly doubled to about $100 per barrel as demand for Russian oil in India is soaring again.

The oil price spike has already given Russia a reason to postpone the planned budget tightening.

Moscow has now scrapped plans to make a substantial downgrade to its economic growth forecast for 2026, according to Bloomberg's sources.

Russian oil revenues have steadily increased in March, thanks to higher shipments and soaring oil prices, according to tanker-tracking data monitored by Bloomberg. In two of the weeks this month, Russia was estimated to cash in the highest amounts of oil revenues since 2022, just after its invasion of Ukraine drove prices above $100 per barrel.

Russia is cashing in on the Iran war even as it cannot take full advantage of the oil price spike as Ukraine targets its key Baltic Sea ports in an attempt to undermine Moscow's oil export capabilities.
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[montaga]

Over 200 Ukrainian military specialists are already deployed across the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Jordan.

Zelensky himself lacks specialists. ........................

"Specialist" someone dealing with it for several years now.

Tom Cruise style air superiority is a thing of the past, now a matter of VR googles
https://x.com/i/status/2037940211745771990
https://x.com/i/status/2038019041303150791
Modern warfare needs modern solution not soviet area air defenses.
The difference is the freedom to built (“kitchen drones") or wait for the big military contract, the broken system.

Fuel exports banned from April 1 to July 31, 117000 barrels gone from global market, Orban in trouble, recently lost his cool and started screaming at his own supporters https://x.com/i/status/2037951498047332798

Who remembers the days when Putin claimed Zelensky is a illegitimate president? Well now claims surface that Putin is illegitimate because when he came to power there was a term limit.
  

[BADecker]

Over 200 Ukrainian military specialists are already deployed across the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Jordan.

Zelensky himself lacks specialists. ........................

"Specialist" someone dealing with it for several years now.

Tom Cruise style air superiority is a thing of the past, now a matter of VR googles
https://x.com/i/status/2037940211745771990
https://x.com/i/status/2038019041303150791
Modern warfare needs modern solution not soviet area air defenses.
The difference is the freedom to built (“kitchen drones") or wait for the big military contract, the broken system.

Fuel exports banned from April 1 to July 31, 117000 barrels gone from global market, Orban in trouble, recently lost his cool and started screaming at his own supporters https://x.com/i/status/2037951498047332798

Who remembers the days when Putin claimed Zelensky is a illegitimate president? Well now claims surface that Putin is illegitimate because when he came to power there was a term limit.
  

I can sense your trepidation. And if you are sincerely on the side of Ukraine, the things that are happening there justifies your fears. The things you show simply are forms of comfort to quell your fears and comfort your soul.

You do know, don't you, that your talk is simply keeping you from looking at the truth of what is happening. Sure, Russia and Putin are having their troubles. Yet, in all of them Russia is literally taking Ukraine apart piece by piece.

Could something happen that would give Ukraine the upper hand even at this late date? Of course. And if we don't see it right now, it's only because we just can't see everything. Russia doesn't want to have to regulate Ukraine by conquering her. But it seems that Zelensky and the Ukrainian people left in Ukraine will have it no other way.

[montaga]

Ukrainian "housewife kitchen drones" made 45% of Russia's oil export from port Ust-Luga and Primorsk  offline, now Taganrog and Kirishi refinery in firing line.
Maxim Kalashnikov (also known as a “Z-patriot”), has issued a strong warning about growing instability inside Russia.
Russian blogger, Pavel Kukhmirovun (fought in Donbas) asking comfortable questions of his government.
Russian Colonel Mikhail Khodaryonok acknowledges no meaningful air-defense remaining
Russian commentator Andrey Medvedev says that even the most fiercely patriotic (pro-war) friends and colleagues now say everything is lost.
Russian commentator Konstantin Sivkov and author of "Kyiv in 3 days" now says "we are doomed to defeat".
Russian military blogger Vladimir Romanov, "if nukes are launched at Russia", air defense will fail and counterattack want materialize.
Russian nationalist Maksim Kalashnikov angry at the failed assault on the Zaporizhzhia front.
Russian pro-war blogger Yuri Podolyaka admits major setbacks:
Our opponent (Ukraine) is extremely serious — even NATO is learning from them.”
“They have surpassed us” in several areas of military technology and innovation, with Ukraine advancing faster in key aspects of modern warfare.
Russia is losing across multiple fronts:
▪️ Logistics disrupted for dozens of kilometers
▪️ Weak electronic warfare systems
▪️ Poor or nonexistent communications
▪️ Ukrainian drones are systematically destroying Russian logistics in the rear, causing heavy losses.

Russian life now worth less than $1000 and Russian navy lost to a country with no navy. Bodybag production in Russia is up 4680%
In the air now a drone-on-drone battles and land drones: https://x.com/i/status/2038406551183003842
It is politically wrong to restrict the internet https://x.com/i/status/2038398297535365395
Maybe saver to have no windows in Russia https://www.newsweek.com/marina-yankina-russian-defense-official-window-death-1781713

Cyprus has revoked the "golden passport" of 77 Russians, bankers and family, the money invested in the island will not be returned to them.
Serbia has seen the light and dealing with Russian over-stayers, did not care previously.
Russia will start collecting customs fees on goods coming from Belarus on April 1st.
In other news, Japan made a drone out of cardboard, assembled in 5 min, flies at 120km/h, the future is cheap.

Putin still waiting for Trump to deliver him Kyiv on a silver platter.

[BADecker]

^^^ Poor, little Russia. It seems that some people don't understand that Ukraine is stronger than that (LOL). Russia is being destroyed they say. And all that is left of Russia is rubble.

Meanwhile Ukraine is really being beaten right and left by this weak, pathetic, little Russia. If Ukraine is really so strong, why haven't they taken their land back? Why do they keep losing more? Maybe today or tomorrow Ukraine will start to use its strength. Meanwhile their troops die by the thousands. World depopulation people love it.

Meanwhile, little, pathetic Russia has her claws in operations going on around the world. Ukraine is a has-been nation, that isn't really worth the continued effort. Dead western troops in Ukraine show that even the West can't save Ukraine.

[Kavelj22]

I would not agree (nor would anyone in the West) that the losses of military personnel (if that's what you mean) are equal on both sides - because the attacking side, as a rule, loses far more people than the defending one. Only Ukraine and Russia know the exact figures, but some international studies say that Ukraine lost around 140 000, while Russia lost over 300 000 soldiers.

Really? So how much Americans died in Iraq and Vietnam, compared to local defenders?

We can't only count local defenders in both examples Vietnam and Iraq. The american part is an organized army armed with weapons and reserves and strategies. While the other part is in small scale few armed peopled gathered in small groups (nothing to compare with an organized army), while the total rest is civilians without arms. More than 1 million person killed in Iraq between 2003 and 2009, do you think all of them are defenders? While the number of killed american soldiers in Iraq in the same period is less than 4500 soldiers. Similar rates in Vietnam and in Afghanistan as well.

With Russia and Ukraine, more than 99% of russian victims are soldiers. While a great percentage in the Ukrainian side are civilians. The comparison can't be accurate if one side is always the attacker and the other is always the defender.

[hostm]

Why is the Russian army slowly but surely advancing in Ukraine?

The Ukrainians have also had some success. This shouldn't be denied, as everyone knows.

But recently, most of their "operations" have been reduced to robbing elderly Russians over the phone and enticing teenagers to set fire to something. There are also migrants, but dealing with migrants in Russia has become more difficult now because they all undergo biometric testing and are registered.

Meanwhile, Russian paratroopers are carrying out unique operations against the "ukrops" (ukrop = Ukrainian occupier). Recently, Russian paratroopers captured a bunker deep behind enemy lines and spent a long time collecting intelligence using the captured inhabitants of this concrete bunker. As a result, they seized a large territory with virtually no losses, capturing a lot of equipment and, consequently, prisoners.

They've done all sorts of things in recent years. They've penetrated into the rear through pipelines. They've even set up "cauldrons" out of literally nothing. They simply cut off the supply routes, and the Ukrainian brigade was in tatters. Or even more than one.

I wouldn't be surprised if the moment came when Zelensky would come to inspect his hapless soldiers in the frontline zone, and they'd carefully pack him up and that would be it. Although he's become more cautious now. He spends more time in Europe.

So the Russian army is truly the most combat-ready in the world right now.

[montaga]

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There are also migrants, but dealing with migrants in Russia has become more difficult now because they all undergo biometric testing and are registered.
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Just like cattle, but have freedom to use Max malware spy app  https://x.com/i/status/2038798294147608883
In a sane world you buy 16 oz of butter not 3.5 oz (100g) https://x.com/i/status/2038691872378417600
China raised prices on all war related items
Three yachts belonging to friends of Putin (maybe his, just registered in another name) burn at the Scarlet Sails Yacht Club
What Muscovit's have done to natives https://x.com/i/status/2038709967088226459
So far 4,500 stores closed in Moscow, 3,000 in St Petersburg
Muscovite's are protesting......

Will his freemason buddy's come and rescue Putin or save only his personal arse?


Ukraine started to use wing-over-copter drones. Using the lift generated by the wing it can extend range from 10 km to 30-50 km.