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WarGamer

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6. Nothing, nothing at all.

Reply to bluewater (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 8, 2022, 03:17 PM

Mar 2022

With the way war works...

If the Russians have lost, let's say 3000... (the avg of the DoD estimate) then the UKA, being on the defensive... has probably lost half that... maybe less, like 1000?

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US DOD briefing on Ukraine just now [View all] Tomconroy Mar 2022 OP

That is a huge loss in 10 days. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #1

Wounded is usually figured at 3:1 Tomconroy Mar 2022 #3

The 169,000 member Ukrainian Armed Forces are not the Taliban. bluewater Mar 2022 #2

Sounds more likely than the numbers given by UKR PR folks on Twitter... WarGamer Mar 2022 #4

Have you seen any reported estimates of Ukrainian losses by any western news sources? bluewater Mar 2022 #5

Nothing, nothing at all. WarGamer Mar 2022 #6

I think the ratio is in the opposite direction, or it would be being reported. bluewater Mar 2022 #8

yikes... I'd hope not. WarGamer Mar 2022 #11

It's the only thing that makes sense. bluewater Mar 2022 #13

Usually, an attacker takes a lot more losses than a defender. Happy Hoosier Mar 2022 #12

Maybe in the past, but many losses are due to the 670 Russian missile strikes. bluewater Mar 2022 #14

UKR actually reports the number as "losses" not KIA. Happy Hoosier Mar 2022 #9

which makes a lot more sense WarGamer Mar 2022 #10

But this: Tomconroy Mar 2022 #7