Even more crazy is when you factor in Russian population being 44% of US. Losing 44k Russian soldiers would hit like the US losing 100k
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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Exactly! Excellent point
So if the US lost the same number of soldiers per day, on the same percentage of population basis, it would be roughly the equivalent of 400-550 US Soldiers killed every day since February 24th.
Russia is a 3rd World evil country.
This seems like odd timing. Wizz Air, which apparently is some European bargain airline is going to resume flights into Russia in October. Good luck with that, I guess.
https://www.reuters.com/business/ae...resume-flights-uae-russia-october-2022-08-08/
https://www.reuters.com/business/ae...resume-flights-uae-russia-october-2022-08-08/
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Screw them. Who would want to go to Russia for anything right now? Threats of being detained? Planting objects in luggage?
Absolutely astounding number to think about. There is 0% chance the American public would stand for this. I can't fathom living in a nation like Russia.
War is a slog and all, but the past 48 hours seems to have been about the most devastating of this war so far to Russia if Ukraine has hit 2 "out of country" air bases.
I don’t think we should take that last sentence at face value. The impact on of decades/lifetime long propaganda and fear of speaking out, sham elections, etc. We can’t make much of the sentiments of the “average Russian” so to speak.
This appears to be another angle of the conscripts barracks burning.
"Near Moscow, the military unit of the air defense of the Russian capital is burning."
"Near Moscow, the military unit of the air defense of the Russian capital is burning."
As many as 27 million Soviets lost their lives, with as many as 11.4 million military deaths joined by up to 10 million civilian deaths due to military activity and an additional 8 million to 9 million deaths due to famine and disease.
World War II Casualties by Country 2024
According to Ivlev, Soviet State Planning Committee documents put the Soviet population at 205 million in June 1941 and 169.8 million for June 1945. Taking into account the 17.6 million births and 10.3 million natural deaths, leaving almost 42 million in war-related losses according to his research. T
Just like their masters' propaganda.
"The Belaruski Hayun and Flagshtok Telegram channels quoted witnesses on August 11 as saying at least eight blasts were heard and flashes were seen near the Zyabrovka military airport in the southeastern Homel region of Belarus overnight. The base is some 30 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
The Belarusian Defense Ministry said in a statement that at 11 p.m. on August 10, the engine of a military vehicle caught fire and "measures to extinguish the fire were undertaken," adding there were no casualties."
"The Belaruski Hayun and Flagshtok Telegram channels quoted witnesses on August 11 as saying at least eight blasts were heard and flashes were seen near the Zyabrovka military airport in the southeastern Homel region of Belarus overnight. The base is some 30 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
The Belarusian Defense Ministry said in a statement that at 11 p.m. on August 10, the engine of a military vehicle caught fire and "measures to extinguish the fire were undertaken," adding there were no casualties."
More bad news for Russia's air force.
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Ukrainian soldier brings down Russian Su-25 attack jet
OLENA ROSHCHINA - WEDNESDAY, 10 AUGUST 2022, 18:46 A serviceman of the National Guard of Ukraine has brought down a Russian Su-25 attack jet during aircraft's sortie on the Zaporizhzhia front. Source: National Guard of Ukraine on Facebook Quote: "The Ruscists have lost another Su-25 attack jet.
Air defence system shoots down two Russian missiles in Zaporizhzhia
WEDNESDAY, 10 AUGUST, 2022, 01:45 Air defence systems shot down two Russian missiles in Zaporizhzhia overnight. Source: Oleksandr Starukh, head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Quote: "Late last night, around 23:00, a loud explosion sound was heard in the Regional...
WTF Russia. You suck.
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Ukraine accuses Russia of shelling nuclear plant again
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine accused Russia on Sunday of again shelling Europe's largest nuclear power plant, the Zaporizhzhia, and called for new international sanctions on Moscow for "nuclear terror". Ukraine's state nuclear power firm said Russian forces damaged three radiation sensors at the...
President's Office confirms that North Macedonia has donated Su-25 jets to Ukraine
EUROPEAN PRAVDA - SATURDAY, 6 AUGUST 2022, 17:39 Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to the Head of the President's Office of Ukraine, confirmed on Saturday that North Macedonia has transferred four Su-25 attack aircraft to Ukraine.
Russia shouldn't be using the reactor as a shield and it makes one wonder why they would be shelling something that they control. Are they trying to scare the West with a nuclear disaster and/or Ukraine is trying to hit the targets they see as safe outside of the buildings.WTF Russia. You suck.
Ukraine accuses Russia of shelling nuclear plant again
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine accused Russia on Sunday of again shelling Europe's largest nuclear power plant, the Zaporizhzhia, and called for new international sanctions on Moscow for "nuclear terror". Ukraine's state nuclear power firm said Russian forces damaged three radiation sensors at the...
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Culturally, they have learned to accept it:
World War II casualties of the Soviet Union from all related causes were over 20,000,000, both civilians and military, although the statistics vary to a great extent largely because these figures are currently disputed. During the Soviet era information on casualties was considered top secret, later in the Glasnost period information on Soviet World War II casualties was published. In 1993 a study by the Russian Academy of Sciences estimated total Soviet population losses due the war at 26.6 million,[1][2][3] including military dead of 8.7 million calculated by the Russian Ministry of Defense.[4] These figures have been accepted by most historians outside of Russia. However the figure of 8.7 million military dead has been disputed by some historians in Russia because it is in conflict with the official database of the Central Defense Ministry Archive (CDMA) which lists the names of roughly 14 million dead and missing servicemen.[5] Some independent researchers in Russia have put total losses in the war, both civilians and military, at over 40 million.[6][7] This article covers the details of the Russian government sources as well as a presentation of sources disputing these figures.
"About 13,000 Belarusian servicemen had signed an agreement to participate in the war against Ukraine, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksiy Hromov said.
"Six battalions of the Belarusian Armed Forces are deployed along Ukraine's state border and performing tasks in the areas bordering Ukraine. According to reports, Russia continues to draw Belarus into a full-scale war against Ukraine. According to preliminary data, up to 13,000 active and former servicemen of the Belarusian special operations forces, as well as OMON [Special Purpose Mobile Unit], signed an agreement to participate in the war against Ukraine," he said at a briefing at the Media Center Ukraine - Ukrinform on Thursday.
Hromov also noted that in addition to its own armed forces, Russia invites foreign representatives to the training grounds of Belarus."
https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/851811.html
"Six battalions of the Belarusian Armed Forces are deployed along Ukraine's state border and performing tasks in the areas bordering Ukraine. According to reports, Russia continues to draw Belarus into a full-scale war against Ukraine. According to preliminary data, up to 13,000 active and former servicemen of the Belarusian special operations forces, as well as OMON [Special Purpose Mobile Unit], signed an agreement to participate in the war against Ukraine," he said at a briefing at the Media Center Ukraine - Ukrinform on Thursday.
Hromov also noted that in addition to its own armed forces, Russia invites foreign representatives to the training grounds of Belarus."
https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/851811.html
If Belarus officially joins the fight, I wonder what Poland does...
Have they forgotten that we now have SPACE FORCE? I don't think they're ready for that escalation.
If Belarus goes in, then they need to launch quite a few Himars at them and then also see if Poland can get involved directly. Maybe Poland doesn't go into Ukraine, but instead invades Belarus directly. Although that's just the kind of action that does lead to world war... Although you have to wonder just how much of the world is willing to get involved on Russia's behalf. I mean I don't really worry about Iran, North Korea, and Belarus becoming a major faction of danger.
Belarus will get erased by NATO.
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They could be handled with just Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia most likely. Let alone our new friends in Finland.
Russia seems to be an extremely racist society. The only people that matter are the pure Russians who live in Moscow. The majority of the troops in this war are from ethnic groups pulled from minority communities in the rural areas. The people of Moscow don't care if non-Russians who are beneath them are dying in major numbers. The uprising inside Russia will only happen once the people inside Moscow start to feel the bight, which is why the visa restrictions is such a good way of pushing back.
If they just used their air force on Belarusians forces in Urkaine, I think it could put and end to an invasion quickly.
