pelespirit comments on Russia Loses More Troops in a Month in Ukraine Than USSR Lost in 10 Years in Afghanistan, Stubb Says

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago* (1 child)

Look at their today numbers. You can watch them go in real time. It doesn't say how many of them are from sickness and old age vs. the war, but it has to be a huge part of it, right?

https://worldpopulationclock.net/russia-live-population-clock/

Edit:

Rosstat stopped publishing most monthly birth and death data in 2025, so recent figures rest on partial releases and independent estimates

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[–] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I remember back in 2022 Zaluzhnyi had an assumption that the way to stop the war is to make UAF cause enough casualties.

Hope died after the first 300,000. Boy was he wrong on that one.

Edit: ah if you go deep enough, Herodotus and Pliny the elder claimed that north of the pontic Scythian lands and Borisphen/Dnipro source lived tribes of androfagoi, who ate humans and decorated themselves with human remains. Russia is only embracing tradition.

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