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NJCher

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1. Mortality

Reply to Tomconroy (Original post)

Sat May 14, 2022, 05:41 AM

May 2022

A) will Putin himself even last that long? (Summer).

B) a report I heard last night was that 27,000 Russians have died in this war to date. For perspective, they lost 15,000 over 10 years in Afghanistan.

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Our favorite logistics guy describes the end of the war: [View all] Tomconroy May 2022 OP

Mortality NJCher May 2022 #1

The Soviets lost 147 tanks in Afghanistan in 10 years Wednesdays May 2022 #3

Kick. ANOTHER really interesting OP on Ukraine by Tomconroy. Thanks. Scrivener7 May 2022 #2