Nah, it’s probably made up. But realistically speaking, I’d say by now, it should be somewhere within the lower-100000…I’d say probably between 110000 to 130000, and if they insist on pressing the case in Zaporizhya and Donetsk, then they may have it all the way up to 150000 to 160000 around December, with only handful of troops left to defend rest of Ukraine…that’s when Zelensky will have no choice but to go on defensive mode, unless he can find ways to miraculously churn out more volunteers or do it like how the actual Nazis back in WW2 were doing…giving guns to little kids and old men, teach them some basic shooting and gun maintenance, then send them onto battlefield directly.
All in all, I don’t think Ukraine can really hide it anymore. I mean if they have that much manpower left alive AND equipment such as Leopard 2A6, Challenger 2, Bradley and M1 Abram along with HIMARs and Storm Shadow…etc, there’s no way in hell that they made so little gains and reports of the frontline being a “slaughterhouse” by the volunteers.
Either Ukraine is bullshitting about its casualties, or Russian military is really just that strong that it can take on Ukrainian military that supposedly suffered minimal casualties on top of all those volunteers from US, EU, Japan and the likes of Georgia…etc. Either way, those reports about “Ukraine is winning” is bullshitting and meant for fake military enthusiasts and to please the liberal masses.
That said, one thing that puzzles me till today, is why can’t Putin just send in the troops deployed in Belarus to unleash hell in Kiev? I mean, how many troops can Zelensky mobilize? Also, the troops deployed in Transnistria can cause some damage in Odessa too. It may serve as distraction purpose. Why Putin just limits this war in the east and the south? I’m not saying Putin should go Kadyrov, but let’s face it: at this point, it makes little sense to just limit the war in the usual area.
Putin does not want to extend the conflict because he does not want too many waves of mobilizations. That’s why you see a special military operation instead of war.
Yeah, but something needs to be done about the reserved troops. I think by taking down Kiev, especially at this point, in conjunction with destroying Ukrainian air bases (where they tend to receive their weapon shipment from) as well as starting some red herring somewhere further behind enemy lines or create another front line through Transnistria, Putin can cause Ukrainian chains of command to shit their pants.
From what I get is, Russia will no longer allow the grain deal because Ukraine was getting weapons through Odessa port. Otherwise, Russia is constantly bombing the shit out of Ukraine’s interior, weapon storages most targeted.
Insomniac Resurrected 
Uh, it says 20 million
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I typed this yesterday before sleep, clearly I made a mistake. Corrected it now. I have not bothered to search for the original article. Will do now…
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It seems to be made up by some Twitter dude, that being said it’s not unrealistic population loss when you count everything in.
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Nah, it’s probably made up. But realistically speaking, I’d say by now, it should be somewhere within the lower-100000…I’d say probably between 110000 to 130000, and if they insist on pressing the case in Zaporizhya and Donetsk, then they may have it all the way up to 150000 to 160000 around December, with only handful of troops left to defend rest of Ukraine…that’s when Zelensky will have no choice but to go on defensive mode, unless he can find ways to miraculously churn out more volunteers or do it like how the actual Nazis back in WW2 were doing…giving guns to little kids and old men, teach them some basic shooting and gun maintenance, then send them onto battlefield directly.
All in all, I don’t think Ukraine can really hide it anymore. I mean if they have that much manpower left alive AND equipment such as Leopard 2A6, Challenger 2, Bradley and M1 Abram along with HIMARs and Storm Shadow…etc, there’s no way in hell that they made so little gains and reports of the frontline being a “slaughterhouse” by the volunteers.
Either Ukraine is bullshitting about its casualties, or Russian military is really just that strong that it can take on Ukrainian military that supposedly suffered minimal casualties on top of all those volunteers from US, EU, Japan and the likes of Georgia…etc. Either way, those reports about “Ukraine is winning” is bullshitting and meant for fake military enthusiasts and to please the liberal masses.
That said, one thing that puzzles me till today, is why can’t Putin just send in the troops deployed in Belarus to unleash hell in Kiev? I mean, how many troops can Zelensky mobilize? Also, the troops deployed in Transnistria can cause some damage in Odessa too. It may serve as distraction purpose. Why Putin just limits this war in the east and the south? I’m not saying Putin should go Kadyrov, but let’s face it: at this point, it makes little sense to just limit the war in the usual area.
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Putin does not want to extend the conflict because he does not want too many waves of mobilizations. That’s why you see a special military operation instead of war.
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Yeah, but something needs to be done about the reserved troops. I think by taking down Kiev, especially at this point, in conjunction with destroying Ukrainian air bases (where they tend to receive their weapon shipment from) as well as starting some red herring somewhere further behind enemy lines or create another front line through Transnistria, Putin can cause Ukrainian chains of command to shit their pants.
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From what I get is, Russia will no longer allow the grain deal because Ukraine was getting weapons through Odessa port. Otherwise, Russia is constantly bombing the shit out of Ukraine’s interior, weapon storages most targeted.
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