Russia loses almost 46,000 troops, over $3 billion worth of military equipment in November, Defense Ministry says

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-loses-record-almost-46-000-troops-over-3-billion-worth-of-military-equipment-in-november-defense-ministry-says/

43 comments

  1. They have 2.1 million more and 500 B more. Assuming they have nothing to sell like oil, they can sustain the war for decades.

    Russian lives historically mean nothing to mother Russia. Every war they lost huge percentages of life and that’s how they ‘win’

  2. The USSR lost 8.7 million soldiers, and 19 million civillians in WW2 and they still consider it a victory. The Kremlin has shown that it does not care about the lives of its people.

  3. I swear, so long as America doesn’t do anything really senseless that erodes their soft power all over the world for, say, the next 4 years, it’s looking like they’re going to come out of this with even less of an opposition to their geopolitical dominance. They’d really have to do something really stupid to drop this ball.

  4. i’d say something like “they can’t possibly keep this up”… but they can, and they will.

  5. The ROI on the US (and NATO) investment in Ukraine arms is crazy positive, especially compared to the losses that would be incurred in an actual war directly involving NATO, and especially considering that the US/NATO investment is actually funneled right back into US/NATO arms manufacturers boosting their economies.

  6. Putin living in an ivory tower meanwhile his war has cost the lives of hundreds of thousands. 

  7. The US is allowing Russia and its band of lunatics to crush themselves on the anvil of Ukraine. Their ally in Syria is failing and Iran might be next. Russia has already lost. Let’s just see how badly.

  9. Damn, thats heavy losses 🫣😒 imagine the emotional state of the country….

    So many families losing fathers, sons, husbands, wifes, grandparents, children. War is just sickening 😪 no mayter which way you look at it…

    Such a waste of life…

  10. The Kyiv independent is not an unbiased source but is great echo chamber padding  

  11. Imagine what they could have done with that money instead? they could have bailed out KTM

  12. Some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice I am willing to make. -Lord Farquaad

  13. It’s such a play on words saying they “lost” troops. “Lost” to most people means dead where in reality, its means a mix of wounded and dead.

  15. Question: do y’all think Ukrainian news sources are truthful when reporting this kind of stuff? I keep seeing reports like this and wonder how trustworthy they are. I think the Kyiv post is another. Genuine question, zero snark.

  16. As the casualties rise, the cost of nuclear lessens in their eyes

  17. And once again. Russia supposedly pays $50,0000 to each fallen soldiers family? Bull poo

  18. Donalds going to get a smack on the behind for that one

  19. For context, that’s roughly the equivalent of losing the total number of Americans who were killed in the Vietnam War **every five weeks**.

  20. Putin has lost nothing. The people have but he is above it all.

  21. 46k in ome month??

    Jesus fuck. Just Russia doing Ru… Soviet things I guess.

  25. What trips me out about these headlines every time I see them, is that the US lost what, like 60k troops in Vietnam? Russia lost something like 15k troops during their Afghanistan incursion? Somehow Russia has lost a half a million troops or so in less than 3 years and there hasn’t been a revolution yet? I’m not saying the numbers are wrong, but we’re talking losses amounting to multiple orders of magnitude greater, it’s crazy this is still going on.

  27. No problem, Donald will just send him 46k soldiers to fill those ranks. US soldiers are Russian soldiers starting January.

  28. The bloated genocidal maniac seems to have decided to target not only Ukrainians but also minorities within Russia. A rope will suit him perfectly. The sooner the better.

  29. Despite Russian’s loses, what will Putin **really** do when he has nothing left to throw at his mission?

    Does he clear the table, capitulate, walk away, or pull out the bigger/banned weapons?

    That’s the end question his closest advisors can answer.

    Intel gathering on all.

  30. People saying nukes. why would Russia nuke land it’s so desperately wants? Infrastructure, farmland all possible gains in certain areas would be lost for years.

  32. American loses in the whole of the Vietnam war 1955-1975 was roughly 58K.

    WTF Russia?

  33. 58000 Americans died in Vietnam. These numbers are pure bullshit.

  35. “Ukraine’s Defense Ministry says”.
    There, I fixed it for you

  38. Who’s defensive minister is saying this, should be pointed out in the title.

  39. It’s superficially heartening to hear this stuff, but I lived through the Vietnam War, and I heard Walter Cronkite tell us how many Americans and Vietnamese had died every day in that war, and this sounds too similar.

    You don’t win a war by inflicting and reporting positive-sounding body counts.

  40. man that’s 46000 people with families that have had their lives taken away because of 1 man’s ego. so sad. I wish the world would move away from war and killing, it simply devastates so many families on both sides.

  41. Lost as in dead or does this include injuries and/or desertions? That’s such a heartbreaking number. Not saying Russia is in the right. Just considering the actual human cost on both sides of the last three years, especially given the average age of the casualties. These countries are going to really struggle for the next couple of generations at least.

  43. Would take those numbers with a grain of salt. Those numbers are coming from Ukraines defense ministry.

    There’s a conflict of interest when it comes to reporting statistics from the defense ministry of either side. Best bet is to average statistics out between what one side reports and what the other side reports.

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