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Mediazona confirms identities of over 42,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)

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Through open source research, Mediazona, a Russian independent media outlet, together with BBC Russia, confirmed the names of 42,284 Russian soldiers who had been killed since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's a lot of wasted lives in an a failed attempt to make Putin feel like a strong man.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

From Putin's perspective, it's great. It's not like they're needed for their votes, and one of the key indicators of revolution is unemployed young men.

Since that's mostly who dies in endless war, endless war is a great technique for dictators to maintain control long term.