Interesting how? It’s a literal 50 tons of dead people. I think it’s more sad than anything.
Russia reports one eighth of this number officially. BBC claims to have verified these people by name, by looking at cemeteries and stuff, so obviously the real count is going to be higher. Also, Ukraine reports casualties of “the invaders” who might be from the Donetsk-Lugansk militias, that is not included here.
Casualties are how most militaries think about losses. A soldier in a hospital is just as bad as a dead soldier from the perspective of force management… Neither can participate in combat or act as a reserve. In fact, a wounded soldier is ofter worse than a dead one during combat because there’s likely 2-3 other soldiers trying to save them.
Ukraine reports 10x as many ‘casualties’, which is a different metric. Just interesting to think about.
Interesting how? It’s a literal 50 tons of dead people. I think it’s more sad than anything.
Russia reports one eighth of this number officially. BBC claims to have verified these people by name, by looking at cemeteries and stuff, so obviously the real count is going to be higher. Also, Ukraine reports casualties of “the invaders” who might be from the Donetsk-Lugansk militias, that is not included here.
Things can be interesting and sad, sorry if it came off wrong
Casualties are how most militaries think about losses. A soldier in a hospital is just as bad as a dead soldier from the perspective of force management… Neither can participate in combat or act as a reserve. In fact, a wounded soldier is ofter worse than a dead one during combat because there’s likely 2-3 other soldiers trying to save them.