By the end of 2025, Russia’s total irrecoverable losses in the war are projected to reach 1.2 million—a figure unseen since World War II. Yet in the Kremlin, these unprecedented casualties are met with calm resolve. Russia appears willing to continue the war, losing hundreds of thousands of soldiers each year.
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Losing 1.2 million troops…
That is a lot of dead Russians.
Surely, they must have lots to show for that level of sacrifice.
Don’t forget all the latin americans, africans, middle easterners and asians. Over a hundred countries’ nationals have fought on the russian side of the war. The reasons are all over the place.
Deceit. Whatever reason or job opportunity they thought they were signing up for, was just the pretense for the Russians to press them into service.
It gets even worse than that man.
A whole lot of them were not Russians. Lots of foreign fighters and conscripts from taken territory.
I don’t think the Russians include those dead in official numbers.
America did something similar in Iraq and Afghanistan. They had to report troop losses to Congress but what they didn’t have to do is report dead mercenaries, so guess who did all the convey guarding through red zones?