Russia's meat grinder soldiers - 50,000 confirmed dead
www.bbc.com
In the second 12 months on the front line the body count was nearly 25% higher than in the first year.
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    102·
    8 months ago

    Die in Ukraine or live in Russia.

    Not a choice I’d want to have to make. Not that many of them had the choice.

  • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
    718·
    8 months ago

    Ukraine reports 10x as many ‘casualties’, which is a different metric. Just interesting to think about.

    Lemmy is great because even if you’re not wrong people get mad

    • Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.worldEnglish
      35·
      8 months ago

      Casualties are how most militaries think about losses. A soldier in a hospital is just as bad as a dead soldier from the perspective of force management… Neither can participate in combat or act as a reserve. In fact, a wounded soldier is ofter worse than a dead one during combat because there’s likely 2-3 other soldiers trying to save them.

    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
      172·
      8 months ago

      Anyone wounded in combat is a casualty, so I don’t find that surprising. This comment reads like you’re JAQing off.

    • maynarkh@feddit.nlEnglish
      101·
      8 months ago

      Interesting how? It’s a literal 50 tons of dead people. I think it’s more sad than anything.

      Russia reports one eighth of this number officially. BBC claims to have verified these people by name, by looking at cemeteries and stuff, so obviously the real count is going to be higher. Also, Ukraine reports casualties of “the invaders” who might be from the Donetsk-Lugansk militias, that is not included here.