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[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Seems a little high. Russian casualties are probably closer to 350k according to Western estimates.

I wonder how many died though (edit: Ukraine claims 180k but their casualty estimates are reportedly high, so probably less than 180k dead)

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 months ago

By contrast, the United States lost fewer than 2,500 service members in the entire 20 years we were in Afghanistan.