I have no idea if these claims are true or not. There was a time when stories like this worked to Ukraine’s advantage, but I’m not sure that they still do. These stories risk creating the perception in the West that Ukraine is handling Russia just fine, when in reality the Ukrainians are desperate for more aid.
Considering that Russia is recruiting 30k per month this means that russian numbers are still increasing. Which sucks.
I agree that throwing numbers out willy nilly is a risky game BUT we do know that:
1) the Russian navy has been decimated
2) far more Russian casualties than Ukrainian ones (see ISW reports – the most balanced course perhaps)
3) war has lasted over two years with no end in sight
4) of course Ukraine needs more help – would you expect any different in a battle for their very existence
5) Russians are masters at spreading disinformation across the globe so when they say stuff like Ukrainians are Nazis or sanctions are not working, don’t believe them for a second.
Putin will have the world believing Russia is on the verge of victory until, one day, it’s not. The West must not become apathetic. Ask the Baltic countries what it means to live beside Russia. They know.
The only thing that is bad about it is Ukraine has had to lose some personnel to accomplish this.
I assure you I am no exception: *many people have poor quantitative reasoning skills.*
One does not have to keep all the exact numbers. Other people do that. People just have to understand the scale. Military losses deserve military ideas. A larger battalion is 600-1200 soldiers. Russia is losing a battalion a day for months at this point. Topping 1,000 casualties used to be a milestone. Now we have weeks where it is the norm.
* One platoon = a few or several dozen soldiers, 20-50.
* One company = several platoons, a few hundred soldiers.
* One battalion = several companies, larger battalions ~1,000 troops.
In the course of one week Mother Russia lost to casualty *several battalions*. That’s roughly a brigade.
* One brigade = several battalions
Now, if Russia continues this pace, it is losing to casualty nearly a division per month.
* One division = a few brigades
I know Russia has superpowers but the US Army has 10 divisions active.
I wonder what the evening news would be like here in hair-trigger US, if every month or so another US Army division went poof. It wouldn’t be the enemy we’d be after.
A platoon goes down the world ends here. This is a good thing, to have war be so easily angering of the people. Cynics say the people have to be made primed, but if you have the right ideals in a country, that is simply not true. Free people are always primed, thank you.
Russia should have been learning how to play this game all these years, and to win. But no.
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I have no idea if these claims are true or not. There was a time when stories like this worked to Ukraine’s advantage, but I’m not sure that they still do. These stories risk creating the perception in the West that Ukraine is handling Russia just fine, when in reality the Ukrainians are desperate for more aid.
Considering that Russia is recruiting 30k per month this means that russian numbers are still increasing. Which sucks.
I agree that throwing numbers out willy nilly is a risky game BUT we do know that:
1) the Russian navy has been decimated
2) far more Russian casualties than Ukrainian ones (see ISW reports – the most balanced course perhaps)
3) war has lasted over two years with no end in sight
4) of course Ukraine needs more help – would you expect any different in a battle for their very existence
5) Russians are masters at spreading disinformation across the globe so when they say stuff like Ukrainians are Nazis or sanctions are not working, don’t believe them for a second.
Putin will have the world believing Russia is on the verge of victory until, one day, it’s not. The West must not become apathetic. Ask the Baltic countries what it means to live beside Russia. They know.
The only thing that is bad about it is Ukraine has had to lose some personnel to accomplish this.
I assure you I am no exception: *many people have poor quantitative reasoning skills.*
One does not have to keep all the exact numbers. Other people do that. People just have to understand the scale. Military losses deserve military ideas. A larger battalion is 600-1200 soldiers. Russia is losing a battalion a day for months at this point. Topping 1,000 casualties used to be a milestone. Now we have weeks where it is the norm.
* One platoon = a few or several dozen soldiers, 20-50.
* One company = several platoons, a few hundred soldiers.
* One battalion = several companies, larger battalions ~1,000 troops.
In the course of one week Mother Russia lost to casualty *several battalions*. That’s roughly a brigade.
* One brigade = several battalions
Now, if Russia continues this pace, it is losing to casualty nearly a division per month.
* One division = a few brigades
I know Russia has superpowers but the US Army has 10 divisions active.
I wonder what the evening news would be like here in hair-trigger US, if every month or so another US Army division went poof. It wouldn’t be the enemy we’d be after.
A platoon goes down the world ends here. This is a good thing, to have war be so easily angering of the people. Cynics say the people have to be made primed, but if you have the right ideals in a country, that is simply not true. Free people are always primed, thank you.
Russia should have been learning how to play this game all these years, and to win. But no.