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Do you have a mirror?
Outward appearances mean nothing.
I have been here 7 years. As long as the mods don't shut me up, I'll continue to call a spade a spade.
You talk about yourself?
I can say the same about pro-Putin folks; repeating the same nonsense again and again and not responding to counter arguments.
It's up to the OP to prove his/her claim citing valid sources. And the random nobody having a YouTube channel isn't really a source that can be trusted, especially that there's plenty of disinformation surrounding this war.
Both Ukraine and Russia have problems with desertion. The problems begin when you try to give the exact numbers. This article is from March but I doubt things have changed all that much since that time.
Nearly 4700 cases of desertion reported in Ukraine since beginning of the year.
So let's count:
6000 in 2022,
16000 in 2023,
4700 in 2024 but this was in March so let's double this number, let's say 10000 in the most pessimistic scenario.
6000+16000+10000 gives 32 000
According to the Russian propaganda. Even they don't point to 80000. Don't be holier than the pope.
a reply to: twistedpuppy
Well do tell. Everybody so far has been spouting opinions based on conjecture and what if scenarios. Even me, maybe.
You are the first to present actual evidence to refute the original post. Thank you! I will accept that the article originally posted may be inaccurate based on what you have provided.
Maybe my stirring the pot produced results after all.
Even so, I stand by what I said concerning changing opinions here. It only happens when the moon is blue.