Wilshire@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoWagner suffered staggering losses in Ukraine, official says: 28% dead, a further 51% wounded, totaling 62K casualties in just over a yearnews.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1284arrow-down112
arrow-up1272arrow-down1external-linkWagner suffered staggering losses in Ukraine, official says: 28% dead, a further 51% wounded, totaling 62K casualties in just over a yearnews.yahoo.comWilshire@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down2·1 year agoSo his plan was to start a coup with 21% of his normal force? No wonder they didn’t make Moscow
minus-squareSomeDude@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 year agoAnd they still basically succeeded. They just waltzed up to Moscow, whose only defense were police officers. NATO could just end this war in a day man.
minus-squarepbkoden@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoThis shows how effective nuclear weapons are as a deterrent. The threat of them is the only thing keeping the war going this long.
minus-squareGranite@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoMy guess is that he planned on a popular uprising to join him along the way, and while he’s super popular, so is Putin. It didn’t materialize.
minus-squareNo_Eponym@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year ago“By popular uprising you mean Telegram reactions right? If I 👍, I’m doing my part?” - Russian Mellenials, probably
minus-squareEvilColeslaw@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year ago The official said the majority of Wagner fighters in Ukraine — 49,000 — were prisoners. I’m guessing they compromised a large portion of the dead. So not 21% of his normal forces.
So his plan was to start a coup with 21% of his normal force? No wonder they didn’t make Moscow
And they still basically succeeded. They just waltzed up to Moscow, whose only defense were police officers.
NATO could just end this war in a day man.
This shows how effective nuclear weapons are as a deterrent. The threat of them is the only thing keeping the war going this long.
My guess is that he planned on a popular uprising to join him along the way, and while he’s super popular, so is Putin. It didn’t materialize.
“By popular uprising you mean Telegram reactions right? If I 👍, I’m doing my part?” - Russian Mellenials, probably
I’m guessing they compromised a large portion of the dead. So not 21% of his normal forces.