Maybe...just maybe...Putin bit off more than he can chew...

[634-5789]

To put this in perspective from 1979-1989 during Russia’s war with Afghanistan: Russia lost 333 Helicopter, 118 jets, 147 tanks, 15k personnel. The Ukrainians have destroyed nearly as many tanks, 1 tenth the number of airplanes, 1 fifth the personnel in two days. This is coming from Ukraine's Military so who knows if this inflated for morale.

[uponit7771]

1. K&R, lets say ... HALF ... of that is true its still 100% shit show for Putrid

[cilla4progress]

2. Wow

3500 killed.

Senseless.

[ColinC]

4. Russia is sending their troops into a meat grinder.

Really messed up....

[ColinC]

3. I don't think it is inflated. There are dozens of videos showing

Dozens of burnt up Russian vehicles, weapons, planes getting shot down, etc. It looks just from the footage, these numbers could be pretty accurate.

[Sherman A1]

5. I suspect more than just a bit.

Even if the numbers are off, which I suspect they are, things are not going well for the Soviets.

[UCmeNdc]

6. K&R

[Tetrachloride]

7. I find it interesting that 14 planes are claimed.

Either few planes are in the sky and or few anti aircraft missiles.

Putin may be relying on ground forces more than I thought.

[orangecrush]

9. They are defending

To the last drop of blood.

[blue-wave]

10. "who knows if this inflated for morale."

Not from what I"m seeing. I will admit it is hard to get information but you can piece it together if your persistent. I don't think the Ukrainian military has any reporters embedded with them. That's smart. Makes it hard for the Russians to get information about tactics and movements.

[Edim]

11. These things are always inflated.

I was in a war and my side always inflated enemy losses.

[Chainfire]

12. Winston Churchill told us that,

"In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies."

I hope that the Ukrainians are whipping the pants off the Russians, but you have to take this kind of information with a grain of salt.

[anamnua]

17. Another Churchill quote

which is depressingly relevant here:
‘We have all the disadvantages of being the gentleman. The enemy has all the advantages
of being the cad (bad guy).’

[gab13by13]

13. I don't believe that Ukraine has much if anything

in the way of air defense. We should have armed them with Patriot missiles. I fear that Russia can level Kyiv with its air power but doing so is going to enrage the world. Putin got into something he can't win.

[634-5789]

19. Def need to send them all help available, less actual humans.

If we can properly weaponize them, along with the 40,000 NATO troops on the way, Putin will be swiftly defeated.

[JanMichael]

21. Didn't Ukraine try to get the Iron Dome? I think another country blocked it.

Something about batteries?

[lefthandedskyhook]

14. Send them RPGs

EVERYTHING they need to stop this crime

[panader0]

15. Besides the loss of equipment and personnel, Russia is rapidly being shut off

from the rest of the world economically. They're fucked for a long time. The average Russian
citizen does not like what Putin is trying to do. Air travel to and from Russia is shut down, sports events
are dropping Russia, just about every kind of trade is being affected. Putin's got a military mess
in Ukraine, a looming economic disaster and dissidents at home--yeah, more than he can chew for
certain. Bless the brave Ukraine resistance, they are taking the actual physical brunt, but they will
win this, and long after it's over, Russia will still be screwed.

[GoCubsGo]

16. It's believable when you consider that the US and other countries

have been helping arm Ukraine with weapons including Javelin missiles. I'm assuming we'll be sending them more as this drags on. Also consider that Ukraine's military is not exactly small and defenseless, as many seem to assume. They're not the Russian army, but they're also not rag-tag. We sent personnel to help train them in the guerilla tactics that were used on use when we invaded Fallujah in Iraq. And, consider that there have been numerous reports that some in the Russian military aren't exactly battle-ready. Lots of reports of soldiers not wanting to fight their neighbors, and other reports that many are weakened from insufficient food and water. Maybe those numbers are inflated. Maybe not. I tend to believe that they're closer to accurate than not.

[Botany]

18. And many of the parents, family members, and friends of the dead, the wounded, and those taken ...

... prisoner will take to the streets of Russia to protest this unneeded war.

[tanyev]

20. Wanna bet Pootie's generals keep telling him how splendidly it's going?