• Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldOP
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    8 months ago

    That’s more than all the post 1945 Russian conflicts combined. Putin is not paying attention to his butcher’s bill.

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      8 months ago

      In a 100% offensive war. Sadly, Russia can take the loss of people, so these zergling tactics can still continue pretty far into the future.

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          8 months ago

          I’m in fact implying (not very clearly, admittedly) that Russia has had no defensive wars after 45.

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    8 months ago

    You know, it’s important that children die and leave family behind, all so some old guy can get a better score in the history books, ofc written by said old guy.

    Nationalism and traditionalism in a nutshell.

  • will_a113@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    If Ukraine is forced to capitulate It could be 20x this number and the Kremlin would still consider it a massive win.