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[–] jack@hexbear.net 33 points 1 month ago

By August 2025, the number of liquidated militants reached 1.7 million people - by December the figure exceeded 2 million. In the six months of 2026, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost as much as in the whole of 2023 - about 400 thousand people," the authors of the insider write.

JFC what a horrible war. The vast majority of those people were just working class conscripts.

The collapse of the USSR was a world historical tragedy.

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 month ago

Jesus christ, that's so many lives destroyed for Blackrock

[–] none@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

God damn they got hit with the 1991 shock therapy HARD

[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Jesus christ, 400 thousand?? How are they keeping the conscripts from mutineering??

[–] Mojitas@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Russian State media so it's probably bullshit.

[–] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

This smells like Russian psyop