You see, Ukrainians have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them until they reached their limit and shut down - Putin.

[–] Pringles@lemm.ee 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"~~Some~~ Most of you ~~may~~ will die, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make." - Putin, 2023

[–] Suoko@feddit.it -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's just another way to control population growth. Either pharmaceutical or weapon manufacturers, just choose where you want to insert coins.

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

as harsh as it may sound, you'd want to get rid of the oldest people first. So it's not even effective at that

[–] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info 1 points 7 months ago

Russia COVID handling aka "second pension reform" have just addressed that.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That is genuinely bleak.

[–] TheOgreChef@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That is genuinely bleak.

If you put on a blindfold and picked a random point on the Russian timeline, from its founding to today, this statement would be equally applicable.

[–] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info 1 points 7 months ago

2008

[–] SpicyPeaSoup@kbin.social 12 points 10 months ago

MEAT WAVE

~~THE CUBE HUNGERS~~

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

In Russia it's less volunteering and more voluntolding, conscription is just the draft with far less niceties, especially when you have senior soldiers raping and abusing you.

[–] MYCOOLNEJM@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It was 300k like two and half months ago. Now it's 365k. I hope it's going to be waaaaaay more than 500k this year

[–] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Looking at the wiki it is claimed casualties including injuries. Confirmed are apparently a fraction of that.

I wouldnt be suprised if we would have a very different outlook after the war actually ends.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Casualties do include injuries unless otherwise mentioned

A casualty, as a term in military usage, is a person in military service, combatant or non-combatant, who becomes unavailable for duty due to any of several circumstances, including death, injury, illness, capture or desertion.

It is sometimes misunderstood to mean "fatalities", but non-fatal injuries are also casualties.

[–] zaubentrucker@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I hope it's going to be waaaaaay more

Please don't talk like that. Imagine if it was you or a family member dying in a needless war like that. Remember that people aren't their government

[–] hanekam@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

people aren’t their government

But they are their actions. If you go to Ukraine as a part of the killing, raping, looting Russian army, that's what you are.

[–] MYCOOLNEJM@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

Russians only understand violence. All of that "let's talk, pls don't be mean" bullshit does not work on them. If you do that, they'll think that you're weak and gay and whatever. If they where normal fucking people, they would not let 365k of them to just die. 80% of them support this war. Hell, even vatniks in my country think that it's part of russia. Yes, some good russians exists, but I'm not going to look for a spoon of sugar in a pile of shit

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Ah, so the Z stands for zerg.

[–] verity_kindle@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Love me some intelligent cross postin, builds The Brand.

[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 3 points 10 months ago

we do a little genocidin'

[–] tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 months ago

The Russian information space is tightly controlled. There's little warning to volunteers.