Estimate of 75,000+ Russian casualties. If it reaches 100,000 + then Lavrov will say it is Gods Plan. 80% of Russian combat power now in Ukraine
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Russia has suffered an estimated 75,000 casualties in Ukraine invasion, U.S. officials say
Niamh Cavanagh·Producer
Thu, July 28, 2022 at 11:06 AM·2 min read
Sailors attend a memorial for Capt. Andrei Paliy, Russia's Black Sea Fleet deputy commander, in Sevastopol, Crimea, on March 23. (Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)
LONDON — More than 75,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or injured since the Kremlin launched its brutal war on Ukraine on Feb. 24, according to U.S. intelligence.
Speaking to CNN, Michigan?Rep. Elissa Slotkin said the estimate was revealed?during a classified briefing with officials
That roughly correlates to the number of casualties estimated by CIA Director William Burns on July 20. “I think the latest estimates from the U.S. intelligence community would be, you know, something in the vicinity of 15,000 killed and maybe three times that wounded, so a quite significant set of losses
He went on to say that Ukrainian soldiers had “suffered as well,” but “probably a little less than” enemy forces. More recently, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s senior adviser said military casualties
Ahead of Russia’s invasion, President Biden said Russia had?amassed around 150,000?troops, while British Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed that 200,000 were stationed on Ukraine’s borders. No figure has been disclosed by Russia’s Defense Ministry.
In a briefing on Monday, the U.K.’s Ministry of Defense said the number of Russian soldiers who had died in the first three months of the invasion in Ukraine were comparable to the Soviet Union’s losses?during its decade-long conflict in Afghanistan.
“A combination of poor low-level tactics, limited air cover
Keeping relatively quiet on the number of casualties its military has suffered, Russia announced on?March 25 that it had counted 1,351 deaths.?No public statements have been made since.
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I have a few comments. First, is that Russia is the biggest colonial empire in the world today, so my question is, why cannot Lavrov at least have the decency to salute those whom Lavrov has a yen to rule?
Ever see this one? I despise Kipling. This poem is horrible, but look at the last line: KIPLING SALUTED the man whom he was talking about in the poem
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46783/gunga-din\
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Gunga Din
You may talk o’ gin and beer???
When you’re quartered safe out ’ere,???
An’ you’re sent to penny-fights an’ Aldershot it;
But when it comes to slaughter???
You will do your work on water,
An’ you’ll lick the bloomin’ boots of ’im that’s got it.???
Now in Injia’s sunny clime,???
Where I used to spend my time???
A-servin’ of ’Er Majesty the Queen,???
Of all them blackfaced crew???
The finest man I knew
Was our regimental bhisti, Gunga Din,???
??????He was ‘Din! Din! Din!
???‘You limpin’ lump o’ brick-dust, Gunga Din!
??????‘Hi! Slippy?hitherao
??????‘Water, get it!?Panee lao,
???‘You squidgy-nosed old idol, Gunga Din.’
The uniform ’e wore
Was nothin’ much before,
An’ rather less than ’arf o’ that be’ind,
For a piece o’ twisty rag???
An’ a goatskin water-bag
Was all the field-equipment ’e could find.
When the sweatin’ troop-train lay
In a sidin’ through the day,
Where the ’eat would make your bloomin’ eyebrows crawl,
We shouted ‘Harry By!’
Till our throats were bricky-dry,
Then we wopped ’im ’cause ’e couldn’t serve us all.
??????It was ‘Din! Din! Din!
???‘You ’eathen, where the mischief ’ave you been????
??????‘You put some?juldee?in it
??????‘Or I’ll?marrow?you this minute
???‘If you don’t fill up my helmet, Gunga Din!’
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’E would dot an’ carry one
Till the longest day was done;
An’ ’e didn’t seem to know the use o’ fear.
If we charged or broke or cut,
You could bet your bloomin’ nut,
’E’d be waitin’ fifty paces right flank rear.???
With ’is mussick on ’is back,
’E would skip with our attack,
An’ watch us till the bugles made 'Retire,’???
An’ for all ’is dirty ’ide
’E was white, clear white, inside
When ’e went to tend the wounded under fire!???
??????It was ‘Din! Din! Din!’
???With the bullets kickin’ dust-spots on the green.???
??????When the cartridges ran out,
??????You could hear the front-ranks shout,???
???‘Hi! ammunition-mules an' Gunga Din!’
I shan’t forgit the night
When I dropped be’ind the fight
With a bullet where my belt-plate should ’a’ been.???
I was chokin’ mad with thirst,
An’ the man that spied me first
Was our good old grinnin’, gruntin’ Gunga Din.???
’E lifted up my ’ead,
An’ he plugged me where I bled,
An’ ’e guv me ’arf-a-pint o’ water green.
It was crawlin’ and it stunk,
But of all the drinks I’ve drunk,
I’m gratefullest to one from Gunga Din.
??????It was 'Din! Din! Din!
???‘’Ere’s a beggar with a bullet through ’is spleen;???
???‘’E's chawin’ up the ground,
??????‘An’ ’e’s kickin’ all around:
???‘For Gawd’s sake git the water, Gunga Din!’
’E carried me away
To where a dooli lay,
An’ a bullet come an’ drilled the beggar clean.???
’E put me safe inside,
An’ just before ’e died,
'I ’ope you liked your drink,’ sez Gunga Din.???
So I’ll meet ’im later on
At the place where ’e is gone—
Where it’s always double drill and no canteen.???
’E’ll be squattin’ on the coals
Givin’ drink to poor damned souls,
An’ I’ll get a swig in hell from Gunga Din!???
??????Yes, Din! Din! Din!
???You Lazarushian-leather Gunga Din!???
???Though I’ve belted you and flayed you,???
??????By the livin’ Gawd that made you,
???You’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din!
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Can you imagine PUTIN or LAVROV ever saying that of the Ukrainians whom they have tortured in this barbaric war?
NO way
Each of the 75 thousand casualties in Ukraine from Russia is a Russian family tragic act. And they , Lavrov and Putin, do not have the decency to have any human feeling as to whom they oppress.
My comments are to that unprintable
Andrew Beckwith, PhD