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2023-05-02 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Kirby said the White House is not going to publish data on the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

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Posted by badanov 2023-05-02 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

Former Marine Cooper "Harris" Andrews, 26 killed in Bakhmut evacuating civilians. 12th former US service member killed in the invasion of Ukraine. John 15:13

Posted by Slats Snore5077 2023-05-02 06:49|| 2023-05-02 06:49|| Front Page Top

#2 And if Scott Ritter says so, then it MUST be real.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2023-05-02 07:21|| 2023-05-02 07:21|| Front Page Top

#3 208,000 captured, killed or wounded.
Hard to believe.

Posted by Cleared Cookies Lost Nic 2023-05-02 08:33|| 2023-05-02 08:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Believe Ritter or believe the Ukrainians. I'll go with Ritter there.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-05-02 08:34|| 2023-05-02 08:34|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ 'Blind pig find acorn' rule applies.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-02 08:48|| 2023-05-02 08:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Doesn't matter if the numbers are published or not. Who would believe them if they were?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-05-02 13:46|| 2023-05-02 13:46|| Front Page Top

#7 White House Sets Russian Troop Losses at 100,000 Over Last 5 Months
At least 100,000 Russian fighters have been killed or wounded in Ukraine in just the past five months, the White House said on Monday, the latest measure of the vast human toll of President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion.

John Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said the figure included 20,000 Russian fighters who had been killed in action. About half of those were mercenaries for the Wagner group, the paramilitary force founded by Yevgeny V. Prigozhin that recruited heavily from Russian prisons to bolster its ranks and carry out a brutal campaign around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. The claims could not be easily and independently verified.

A trove of leaked Pentagon documents disclosed in April included an American estimate that as of February Russia had sustained between 189,500 and 223,000 casualties, including up to 43,000 killed in action. The document also estimated that Ukraine had suffered 124,500 to 131,000 casualties, with up to 17,500 killed in action.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-05-02 19:32|| 2023-05-02 19:32|| Front Page Top

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