https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/10/11/russia-lost-soldiers-ukraine/


As of Oct. these are the numbers from Ukraine - Russia has lost nearly 63,000 soldiers since it launched its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.

The losses are attributed to Kyiv’s strong counter-offensives, particularly in key locations captured by Moscow.

Apart from the casualties, Russia has reportedly also lost thousands of weapons and equipment amid the ongoing war.

A total of 2,505 Russian main battle tanks have been destroyed, while 5,165 armored combat vehicles were neutralized.

Moscow has also lost more than 1,000 aircraft and drones due to Ukraine’s strong air defense systems.

The 100K number is from Gen. Marks but I would not trust mucg he said.

Interesting development...

China has banned the sale of military grade computer processors to Russia. I thought Xi and Putin were BFF's?

https://www.newsweek.com/china-russia-loongson-ukraine-war-weapons-1766687

The bottom line regardless of the specific numbers is...

Russia is losing way more men and materials than they can afford to lose and remain a world super power. And seeing what has transpired, it makes you wonder if they ever really were a super power.

Nothing is stopping them from withdrawing from the invasion. They can leave UA anytime they choose.

As long as Russia has the largest nuclear arsenal in the world they will remain a “super power”. In fact, even more dangerous now that their conventional forces are depleted. They have faced devastating loses that are embarrassing to them. Their only options at this point is tuck tale and negotiate a ceasefire from a weakened position or resort to nukes to show who’s actually the stronger. Im afraid they will be backed into a corner and resort to the latter. Every day this drags on, this world gets closer to a nuclear disaster. To compound the problem, the strongest country in the world has a demented brain fried clown in the White House. That moron isnt able to handle this level of world crisis.

So we are spending BILLIONS. Destroying our economy. Funding the democrat elections today and in the future. Transferring billions from taxpayers to elites. All of this to beat Russia? Russia has ZERO ability to attack the US other than with ICBMs. How many ICBMs has Putin lost/used/etc? Are we closer to WWIII today than a year ago?

There are ~7.6 million Ukrainian refugees as a result of this war. Nearly 3 million of those refugees have fled to Russia.................. Explain why ~40% fled "to" Russia?

The reason de-escalation will never come from this administration’s mouth is because they don’t want this war to end. They get to funnel money to the defense contractors on one side, funnel money to their laundering channels in Ukraine, and all the while get to parade Biden around like he is tough against Russia. Lobbyists get theirs, DNC gets theirs, and the American citizen gets screwed. They let this war end then the money train dries up until the next crisis.

So we are spending BILLIONS. Destroying our economy. Funding the democrat elections today and in the future. Transferring billions from taxpayers to elites. All of this to beat Russia? Russia has ZERO ability to attack the US other than with ICBMs. How many ICBMs has Putin lost/used/etc? Are we closer to WWIII today than a year ago?

There are ~7.6 million Ukrainian refugees as a result of this war. Nearly 3 million of those refugees have fled to Russia.................. Explain why ~40% fled "to" Russia?

The reason de-escalation will never come from this administration’s mouth is because they don’t want this war to end. They get to funnel money to the defense contractors on one side, funnel money to their laundering channels in Ukraine, and all the while get to parade Biden around like he is tough against Russia. Lobbyists get theirs, DNC gets theirs, and the American citizen gets screwed. They let this war end then the money train dries up until the next crisis.

Lets say for example, this administration decided to build the wall on our southern border. Won't happen, but lets pretend. Do you think they (all politicians) wouldn't get their greedy hands into the money? Of course they would. Does that mean that due to some corruption, we shouldn't build the wall?

Not even a close comparison. The American taxpayer at least gets something out of building a wall on our border. We (the taxpayer) don’t get Jack out of continuously funding this war. This likely all could have been avoided if the US government would have stuck to its word and not even hinted at allowing border countries to Russia into NATO. Of course the Biden administration is compromised in terms of Ukraine so probably a lot of backdoor pressure was put on them by Ukraine to admit them to NATO. This could all be stopped right now if those in charge would attempt to de-escalate the situation by giving Russia a way out to save some face and avert the possibility of them doing something stupid with a nuke. Part of me thinks Russia won’t use a nuke because they don’t know it will actually function and hit what they are aiming at. Then again, backing
them into a corner leaves that possibility open.