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imanamerican63

(15,518 posts) Thu Mar 24, 2022, 01:50 PM Mar 2022

Boy! That a "huge" number? [View all]

Estimated 40000 Russian troops have either been killed, injured or captured?

This doesn’t including the ones who have abandoned their post and ran!

Yep! Trump says Putin is strong and smart! Well, these numbers say otherwise!

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Boy! That a "huge" number? [View all] imanamerican63 Mar 2022 OP

Huge number given the time involved and how strong their force was supposed to be. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2022 #1

About equal to our first EIGHT YEARS in Viet Nam. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #3

Yes, a huge, huge number. MineralMan Mar 2022 #2

You've confused fatalities with casualties dpibel Mar 2022 #4

OK, you're right. MineralMan Mar 2022 #7

I'd like to believe it but it seems kind of high. Only the Russians Tomconroy Mar 2022 #5

Yeah. My impression exactly. Claustrum Mar 2022 #6

Russia has always been a bit cavalier about casualties, even their own... Wounded Bear Mar 2022 #8

The numbers seem consistent with precedent Torchlight Mar 2022 #9

I was never in the military, but Markos Moulitsas was gratuitous Mar 2022 #10