HomeUkraineUp to 728,000 Russian Soldiers Killed or Wounded in Ukraine War – The Economist. The British newspaper published four charts, with the first showing estimates from both official and unofficial sources over a certain period.
Up to 728,000 Russian Soldiers Killed or Wounded in Ukraine War – The Economist. The British newspaper published four charts, with the first showing estimates from both official and unofficial sources over a certain period.
July 7, 2024
Up to 728,000 Russian Soldiers Killed or Wounded in Ukraine War – The Economist. The British newspaper published four charts, with the first showing estimates from both official and unofficial sources over a certain period.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/35439
by MaryADraper
3 comments
Can we please change this to at least 85,000 russians killed. If there is a natural disaster you don’t say “up to” 32000 people were killed by the earthquake…you say at least 1238. Lives lost needs to be confirmed not propaganda. This sort of thing has always bothered me about Ukraine, it is literally just a fake propaganda number that feels like a soviet hold-over, like something from the soviet sub-consciousness. Also, to a point, if you’ve killed 3/4 of a million people or at least wounded them, and you have only lost some 50k yourself you should be winning.
“Approximately 2% of all Russian men aged 20 to 50 have been either killed or seriously injured in Ukraine since the war began.”
For comparison that’s roughly the same overall casualty rate(as a percentage of the population) as the US saw during WWII(though obviously much lower than what the Soviets saw during that war).
“The Economist calculates that for every Russian soldier killed in battle, there are about three to four wounded.” – except we have seen that there is practically zero attempt to save the wounded. I’m guessing it’s almost a 1:1 ratio of dead to wounded…
3 comments
Can we please change this to at least 85,000 russians killed. If there is a natural disaster you don’t say “up to” 32000 people were killed by the earthquake…you say at least 1238. Lives lost needs to be confirmed not propaganda. This sort of thing has always bothered me about Ukraine, it is literally just a fake propaganda number that feels like a soviet hold-over, like something from the soviet sub-consciousness. Also, to a point, if you’ve killed 3/4 of a million people or at least wounded them, and you have only lost some 50k yourself you should be winning.
“Approximately 2% of all Russian men aged 20 to 50 have been either killed or seriously injured in Ukraine since the war began.”
For comparison that’s roughly the same overall casualty rate(as a percentage of the population) as the US saw during WWII(though obviously much lower than what the Soviets saw during that war).
“The Economist calculates that for every Russian soldier killed in battle, there are about three to four wounded.” – except we have seen that there is practically zero attempt to save the wounded. I’m guessing it’s almost a 1:1 ratio of dead to wounded…