This number includes 1,096 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on April 28.

Out of the half a million troops killed I wonder how many were actually Russians? Doesn’t look like things are working out for them.

  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.eeEnglish
    901·
    5 months ago

    That number doesn’t mean KIA. That encompasses all casualties. So if you got arms and legs blown off and can no longer fight, you are lumped into that number. The KIA number is around 130-140k. Which is still a lot of people.

      • Chee_Koala@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        5 months ago

        I do kind of feel good when i see aggressor troops fall/perish . At least that soldier can’t kill anymore defenders, so it’s like a +X ukrainian lives lootdrop that pop’s out of them. I’m not happy a human is now dead, but I am happy that there is one soldier less in poot poot’s army killing other people in their home country.

        • copd@lemmy.worldEnglish
          13·
          5 months ago

          Cough Vietnam, cough Falklands, sniffle gulf war.

          Do you feel the same when it’s the “good guys” doing it?

    • xePBMg9@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      22·
      5 months ago

      If you loose an arm or a leg as a russian fighter, you are not gonna survive. Doubtful you will even be looked at twice. A wounded russian is a MIA russian. Russia is a cold place. Not just literally.