Something that always fucks with me about this is that even by Russia’s own admission something like 1 million Russian soldiers have died in the war. Those are WW2 numbers! A million casualties in a modern fight is absolutely insane. And the only reason we don’t call it a genocide is that they are armed and share cultural and blood ties to the people they are fighting. I say that Hamas was fighting for freedom when it did what it did and now an asymmetric power dynamic is leading to their destruction. That has a lot of the same characteristics as how the Russian/Ukrainian conflict started and why it continues. I am devastated by the 400 thousand or more dead now in Gaza. But somehow, for some reason that I can only conclude is, “Well they’re Russian, it’s how they do it.” excuses it as merely war and not “war crimes”
True Gaza is a concentration camp and Russia is not.
True that Russia is in the fight and not merely “resisting.” which is all the Gaza can do anymore.
But Jesus H. 1 MILLION!
Of that million most are Ukraines casualties. And that war has remarkably low civilian casualty rates, Russia is not to keen on massacering civilians and Ukraine is more and more lacking the capability to do so.
Meanwhile in Gaza the dead are overwhelmingly civlian, Israel goes out of its way to create maximal suffering for the people there and does not remotely hide its intention of wanting to colonize the place.
According to both Russia and the west, 1 million Russians have died.
100% with you about Gaza. I see the power dynamic differences and I see Israels openness regarding ethnic cleansing and colonization. But being quite about intentions to colonize doesn’t make it less insidious.
So according to Russia, they had 1 million losses? Please provide a source because that would be more than weird, not too long ago credible evidence pointed to less than a tenth of that…
To be completely honest I don’t know what I viable source would be.
I for sure do not have it from the horses mouth the way I thought I did.
I know that I read that number on RT, however, it looks to me like RT might have been running a story from a British source because when I look now I see this one. And unless it’s coming from an officers mouth it’s gonna be hard to defend as a source.
But I suspect that is all just backdoor misdirection and propaganda games.
There is this org that is clearly run by western institutions but they do seem to be intent on providing a counter narrative to the standard American one.
Could you point me to information or sources that you trust regarding the conflict? I have found it increasingly difficult to trust anything I hear these days.
No no, I mean just because Ukraine never stated they were “this thing” That joining a western cause is by extension a colonial cause. So the difference to some extent, from Ukraine and From Israel, is saying the quiet part out loud and of course. That Russia can fight back.
I wouldn’t say that Russia isn’t keen on massacring civilians, thats basically what it does with the nightly shahed drone and missile attacks on civilian targets…
And i have yet to have heard about Ukraine attacking civilians, but maybe you have sources on that? I have only seen them attacking military and economic targets in Russia
And i have yet to have heard about Ukraine attacking civilians, but maybe you have sources on that?
You can find plenty of sources on the war crimes of Zelensky’s regime(which includes attacking and killing civilians) here -> https://lemmygrad.ml/post/137899
Something that always fucks with me about this is that even by Russia’s own admission something like 1 million Russian soldiers have died in the war. Those are WW2 numbers! A million casualties in a modern fight is absolutely insane. And the only reason we don’t call it a genocide is that they are armed and share cultural and blood ties to the people they are fighting. I say that Hamas was fighting for freedom when it did what it did and now an asymmetric power dynamic is leading to their destruction. That has a lot of the same characteristics as how the Russian/Ukrainian conflict started and why it continues. I am devastated by the 400 thousand or more dead now in Gaza. But somehow, for some reason that I can only conclude is, “Well they’re Russian, it’s how they do it.” excuses it as merely war and not “war crimes” True Gaza is a concentration camp and Russia is not. True that Russia is in the fight and not merely “resisting.” which is all the Gaza can do anymore. But Jesus H. 1 MILLION!
Of that million most are Ukraines casualties. And that war has remarkably low civilian casualty rates, Russia is not to keen on massacering civilians and Ukraine is more and more lacking the capability to do so.
Meanwhile in Gaza the dead are overwhelmingly civlian, Israel goes out of its way to create maximal suffering for the people there and does not remotely hide its intention of wanting to colonize the place.
According to both Russia and the west, 1 million Russians have died. 100% with you about Gaza. I see the power dynamic differences and I see Israels openness regarding ethnic cleansing and colonization. But being quite about intentions to colonize doesn’t make it less insidious.
So according to Russia, they had 1 million losses? Please provide a source because that would be more than weird, not too long ago credible evidence pointed to less than a tenth of that…
To be completely honest I don’t know what I viable source would be. I for sure do not have it from the horses mouth the way I thought I did. I know that I read that number on RT, however, it looks to me like RT might have been running a story from a British source because when I look now I see this one. And unless it’s coming from an officers mouth it’s gonna be hard to defend as a source.
https://www.rt.com/russia/588507-british-estimate-russia-casualties/
Lots of claims from both sides regarding “leaks”
But I suspect that is all just backdoor misdirection and propaganda games.
There is this org that is clearly run by western institutions but they do seem to be intent on providing a counter narrative to the standard American one.
https://www.russiamatters.org/news/russia-ukraine-war-report-card/russia-ukraine-war-report-card-oct-8-2025
Could you point me to information or sources that you trust regarding the conflict? I have found it increasingly difficult to trust anything I hear these days.
Thanks!
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Could you explain in depth what do you mean here? Are you referring to Russia?
No no, I mean just because Ukraine never stated they were “this thing” That joining a western cause is by extension a colonial cause. So the difference to some extent, from Ukraine and From Israel, is saying the quiet part out loud and of course. That Russia can fight back.
I wouldn’t say that Russia isn’t keen on massacring civilians, thats basically what it does with the nightly shahed drone and missile attacks on civilian targets… And i have yet to have heard about Ukraine attacking civilians, but maybe you have sources on that? I have only seen them attacking military and economic targets in Russia
You can find plenty of sources on the war crimes of Zelensky’s regime(which includes attacking and killing civilians) here -> https://lemmygrad.ml/post/137899
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We have a whole community about that: https://lemmygrad.ml/c/donbass