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Russian Invasion of Ukraine

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An unspecified senior US defense official stated on October 9 that Russian forces have suffered over 600,000 casualties since the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022 — a stark increase from a prior US intelligence assessment that Russian forces suffered about 315,000 casualties in Ukraine as of December 2023. The senior US defense official stated on October 9 that Russian forces have suffered more battlefield casualties in Ukraine in this past month – likely referring to early September through early October 2024 – than in any other month of the war. US intelligence reportedly assessed as of December 2023 that the then-estimated 315,000 Russian casualties amounted to nearly 90 percent of Russia's military personnel at the start of the invasion. The UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) assessed in May 2024 that Russian forces have suffered over 465,000 casualties since February 2022 and that the Russian daily casualty rate starting in May 2024 was about 1,000 per day.
 
Big achievement coming up. Maybe Trump will send his pal our troops.

Watching the GOP bend into pretzels to defend a move like that would be delicious. The re-institution of the draft would not be. I am sure Timothy A and dickless wannabes like Chuck and Whalers would sign right up though ;)
 
Gonna be fun when we leave NATO.

But I become more convinced every year it's the only way for Europe to unite and become entirely self-sufficient, and sign me up for that.

Give me blue and the rest of the planet can burn.

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FAFO.

An explosion occurred in the lobby of the "Alye Parusa" (Scarlet Sails) residential complex in northwestern Moscow on Feb. 3, killing a man and injuring four people, the state news agency TASS reported, citing emergency services.

The pro-state outlet Kommersant identified one of the injured victims as Armen Sarkisyan, a pro-Russian collaborator from Donetsk Oblast wanted by Ukraine. Other victims, including the man killed in the explosion, reportedly include Sarkisyan's security guards.

Sarkisyan is a crime boss and a close associate of Ukraine's pro-Kremlin ex-President Viktor Yanukovych and has been on the international wanted list since 2014 for organizing murders in central Kyiv, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said. During the EuroMaidan Revolution, Sarkisyan reportedly organized the hired pro-government thugs ("titushky") who harrassed pro-EuroMaidan protesters.

After the full-scale war broke out, Sarkisyan organized the "Arbat" Separate Guards Special Purpose Battalion fighting against Ukraine. The unit is reportedly made up of ethnic Armenians, many of whom have criminal records.

While some initial reports suggested that Sarkisyan was killed in the blast, Kommersant wrote that he was hospitalized and is in critical condition. According to the Telegram channel 112, Sarkisyan is in a coma, and his leg had to be amputated.
 
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