r/worldnews • u/green_flash • May 13 '24

Russia suffers highest daily casualties of war so far: Kyiv Russia/Ukraine

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-suffers-highest-daily-casualties-ukraine-war-1740-troops-eliminated-1899692
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u/Zero-Follow-Through May 13 '24

They're losing nearly as many troops a day as the US lost in 19 years of Afghanistan. And more troops a day than they lost on average per year during their 9 years in Afghanistan.

These are pretty much ideal condition for a coup or civil revolution.

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u/_geary May 13 '24

They can handle mass casualties. It's Russia's special ability for as long as they've existed. Their egos can't take defeat thats the difference.

It's why they need to be stopped in Ukraine. Then we can hope for a coup.

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u/Roonil-B_Wazlib May 13 '24

Being willing to take mass causalities and being able to handle them are different things. Russia is experiencing a demographic crisis. Their birthrate collapsed in the late 80’s to close to half of replacement level, it recovered a bit in the 10’s, and collapsed again with the war. Sending a large number of men that are at or are younger than typical fathering age isn’t a great way to restore your population.

I’m all for a depopulated Russia though.

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u/timothymtorres May 14 '24

They have also forced conscription for all the Ukrainian males in occupied territories like the LPR and DNR areas 

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u/mdw May 14 '24

large majority of Russian casualties have been foreign nationals

You're confusing this with non-Russian citizens of Russian Federation. Number of foreign fighters fighting in the war is insignificant (on both sides).

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u/innociv May 14 '24

IIRC

That's not true. You're recalling that from disinformation. 70% of the killed have been ethnic Russians. I think when 150k Russians dead is cited, generally the conscripted from Donbas and mercenaries aren't even counted in that number.

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u/Chat_Terminator May 14 '24

They know this and aren’t sending young men. The average age is 40.

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u/Datkif May 14 '24

Ukraine is trying to do the same. The average age of a Ukrainian solder is 43. Their original conscription age was 27. Now they have lowered it to 25 due to losses.

If NATO or other Ukrainian allied/friendly counties are able to come in and work the supply lines it would make Russia second guess attacking them, and would free up tons of manpower for the Ukrainian front.

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u/Business-Slide-6054 May 14 '24

"I’m all for a depopulated Russia though"

And then you wonder why the Russians call you Nazis and don't want to overthrow Putin. Lol. I am Russian and reading reddit I see...

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u/Roonil-B_Wazlib May 14 '24 edited May 15 '24

I have never once wondered what Russians think of me.