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Russia likely suffered 355,000 caualties in Ukraine: UK MoD (www.euronews.com)

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[–] hanekam 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is bordering on the conspiratorial. The Russians believed they would defeat Ukraine very quickly. They never expected to be in this situation

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

@hanekam
They told the Russian population that they could defeat Ukraine very quickly.

[–] NOT_RICK 4 points 8 months ago

Yeah, they thought they could at the onset because every officer in the Russian army routinely lies up the chain of command so they believed they had far more capability than they actually did.