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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,273,290 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022 (kyivindependent.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by dude@lemmings.world to c/news@lemmings.world

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[–] variablenine@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

To put that number into perspective, Walmart employs around 1.6 million people in the u.s.

[–] Vegan_Joe@piefed.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

They lost nearly 27 million combined military and civilians in WWII.

[–] rustyfish@piefed.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

1,2 million people dead. What a 3 day operation huh guys? That’s 400K a day!

Ukraine is buzzin 😎