• @Gradually_Adjusting
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    8 months ago

    Ukraine reports 10x as many ‘casualties’, which is a different metric. Just interesting to think about.

    Lemmy is great because even if you’re not wrong people get mad

    • @Jimmyeatsausage
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      358 months ago

      Casualties are how most militaries think about losses. A soldier in a hospital is just as bad as a dead soldier from the perspective of force management… Neither can participate in combat or act as a reserve. In fact, a wounded soldier is ofter worse than a dead one during combat because there’s likely 2-3 other soldiers trying to save them.

    • @NOT_RICK
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      158 months ago

      Anyone wounded in combat is a casualty, so I don’t find that surprising. This comment reads like you’re JAQing off.

    • @[email protected]
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      98 months ago

      Interesting how? It’s a literal 50 tons of dead people. I think it’s more sad than anything.

      Russia reports one eighth of this number officially. BBC claims to have verified these people by name, by looking at cemeteries and stuff, so obviously the real count is going to be higher. Also, Ukraine reports casualties of “the invaders” who might be from the Donetsk-Lugansk militias, that is not included here.

      • @Gradually_Adjusting
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        08 months ago

        Things can be interesting and sad, sorry if it came off wrong