Russia’s losses in Ukraine have reached nearly 1.2 million—equal to its entire pre-war army and several times higher than losses in Afghanistan, or most countri

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.

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  • ryannathans@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    1 month ago

    The “winners” write the history books. It’s unlikely we’ll ever get true answers. Intelligence agencies are all over this waging their own information wars. Narratives spun, and spun again. We’re entering an era where we will no longer even need crisis actors and groups to produce fake materials, where anyone can generate “evidence” typing a few lines into their favourite video generator.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.socialEnglish
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      1 month ago

      That “truism” is laughed at all by serious historians. Not only do we have plenty of accounts of wars written by the losers, we have accounts of wars known only from the loser perspective, and in a modern bureaucracy there’s so much paper trail the burden is shifting through all the evidence.

      History isn’t written by the victors, it’s written by the survivors.