Russia suffers worst month for casualties, says UK defence chief
Russia suffers worst month for casualties, says UK defence chief
Putin's troops suffered on average about 1,500 dead or injured a day in October, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin claims.
Summary
U.K. defense chief Admiral Sir Tony Radakin reported that Russia suffered its highest casualty rate since the start of the Ukraine war, with 1,500 Russian soldiers killed or wounded daily in October, totaling around 700,000 casualties since February 2022.
Radakin noted that these losses are for minor territorial gains, and emphasized the heavy strain of Russia’s defense spending.
While allies of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump suggest Ukraine may need to cede territory to achieve peace, Radakin affirmed Western support for Ukraine “as long as it takes.” Trump, who aims to end U.S. support for Ukraine, has not outlined a specific peace strategy.
I only wish it was worse for russia, fuck you for interfering with our elections, I hope you die slow.
They made americans racist and vote for the racist.
While allies of US President-elect Donald Trump insist that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky may have to cede territory to bring the conflict to an end, Sir Tony insisted that Western allies would be resolute for "as long as it takes".
Let's see how long that resolution holds once the US stops aid and starts blackmailing other countries to do the same by eg. threatening to cut NATO funding
There have been major investments in the European military industry the past years. Europe is ramping up its production. With new factories in place, it makes no sense for Europe to start cutting down on production- that would mean huge sums have been spent to build factories that aren't used.
Also, a bunch of countries have already paid for huge orders of equipment that will keep flowing for the next several years. Even if no new investments are made, there will be a substantial flow of weapons from European manufacturers.
That's not even mentioning that Europe has finally understood that we need to be able to stand on our own feet militarily, because we can't trust that the US will actually honor the NATO pact if shit hits the fan.
Accounting for purchasing power parity, the US economy is about 1.1x the size of the EU, and the population of the EU is about 1.5x that of the US. So it's not like Europe doesn't have the capacity to massively scale up its military power.
Remember that up until 80 years ago, the European militaries were by far the most powerful in the world.
Not for nothing but Russia has won quite a few Wars while having extremely high casualties. It's almost their main strategy.
We're slowly approach 1% of Russia's entire population. Holy shit...
Zelensky:
Ukraine gets pretty cold in the winter. Morale must be at an all time high.
Don’t you miss seating at a bench with your friends, in front of your block, with a bottle of vodka, gopniks?