Adding to Ukraine’s woes are Russia’s huge advantage in manpower and its willingness to accept staggering losses in return for capturing small objectives
Do we even have reliable casualty numbers for the Russians (i.e. that don't come from Ukrainian reports) or is this just the usual 'Russians have no regard for human life and rely on human wave tactics' trope
Edit:
The offensive has also come at a huge cost to Moscow, with an estimated 70,000 troops lost in two months, according to the U.K. Defense Ministry which posted the projection last month on X
That explains that I guess
Exactly, no accountability, no citation, no critical analysis, not even basic questions like "How in shit's name would the MOD be able to derive anything like an accurate casualty projection in this situation."
Like I get that articles like these aren't meant for people who tend to actually think about what they're reading, but goddamn, it's just gossamer thin.
Soon they'll be saying Russia lost more soldiers fighting Ukraine than they lost during all of WWII, all while fighting a nation with no airforce, artillery, or armor
"Glory to the heroes!"
(The heroes are conscripts with a month of training that would like nothing more than to become a deserter)
I wonder why that is