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Troop Deaths and Injuries in Ukraine War Near 500,000, U.S. Officials Say (t.me)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by JokerProof@lemmy.world to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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Combined troop deaths and injuries among Russian and Ukrainian forces in Ukraine is approaching 500,000.

Russian casualties approaching 300,000, including as many as 120,000 deaths.

Ukrainian deaths at close to 70,000 & wounded between 100-120,000.

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[–] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Almost a quarter of a million people dead because of Putin's ego.

[–] giant_smeeg@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just a correction. It's more like 200k dead.

[–] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Sorry, you're right - fixed the above. I don't doubt that it will unfortunately get 500k before it's all over though.

[–] exapsy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They're not all dead. They're casualties, but not dead necessarily. 100-200k are. still a huge number though. Plus many of them have huge injuries, some dont have arms, some are blind ... devastating.