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- worldnews@lemmit.online
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- worldnews@lemmit.online
By the end of 2025, Russia’s total irrecoverable losses in the war are projected to reach 1.2 million—a figure unseen since World War II. Yet in the Kremlin, these unprecedented casualties are met with calm resolve. Russia appears willing to continue the war, losing hundreds of thousands of soldiers each year.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20251218190019/https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/russia-has-lost-12-million-troops-in-ukraine-more-than-its-entire-pre-war-army-14361
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This is why I don’t really understand the argument some people here make about Russia just trying to eliminate Nazis in Ukraine. What country would not only go to war and lose one million of their own people, but keep fighting that war, when they weren’t under direct threat and weren’t attacked?
I don’t think one single large nation has ever gone to war for purely humanitarian reasons. Even the Nazis in WWII provoked an attack. Everyone was all cool with appeasing Hitler until they went and attacked people.
You should really block lemmy.ml, it’s much better for your blood pressure and mental health.
If open discourse really upsets you that much maybe you should take a break from social media
People downvoting, but this is solid advice. I took a break from Lemmy for three or four months because I needed to get away from all the bad news about what’s happening in current events. It’s great for one’s mental health to step away sometimes.
It doesn’t really bother me at all to be honest. I appreciate being able to read discussions wherever they’re from it’s pretty much why I’m on feddit.nl, they don’t seem to defederate from a lot of stuff. I appreciate letting the user decide what to block.
well for one thing that number is fake
I totally believe your sourceless claim!
Russia views both NATO and Nazis across their border as direct threats. The former because they denied Russia’s attempted entry and have been steadfastly encroaching, and the latter because they slaughtered twenty million Russian civilians in WWII. Russian Ukrainians living in the east of Ukraine were attacked, and the only party that was earnest about a diplomatic solution to the civil war happened to be Russia.
The true number is probably ten times less. You can’t believe media reported from any “side”
Bc Dear Leader said so? (then ignoring consent, sent people regardless)
I suspect that you understand that argument better than you let on.
It’s not meant to be understood. They are not arguing - they’re just saying it. That’s the sequence of words which signals loyalty and promotes the ingroup over the outgroup.
That’s the only thing conservatives ever do.
Something about Ukraine being the aggressor, and NATO making them do it? And that number being total bogus capitalist propaganda.
And if you ask Russian leadership, they might sight that Ukraine is ethnically and historically Russia.
I like to frame it with a “western” equivalent: the US invading Canada. If we lost 2.5 million troops doing it, even with a lot of propaganda and kool aid to smooth it over, even if we knew, for a fact, they’re liberal narco nazis or whatever, how would it make any sense? There’s not even the racism card to play.
…Then again, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War_casualties