Zero Hedge/Epoch Times: 400,000 Ukrainians Killed In Action Explains A Whole Lot
How many casualties has Ukraine suffered? How many causalities has Russia suffered?
Estimates of Ukrainians killed in action (KIA) range from a low of just over 30,000 to a high of over 400,000.
Obviously, these two estimates can’t be reconciled. And it really, really matters to the people of Ukraine which one is closer to the truth. While 30,000 deaths is tragic, anything approaching 400,000 KIA and the accompanying hundreds of thousands of causalities is a humanitarian catastrophe that makes talks of continuing offensive operations next year, or even believing in a stalemate, wishful thinking that will result in even more fruitless Ukrainian deaths.
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WNU Editor: The Ukrainian source that I trust the most tells me that after 22 months of war the Ukraine Army has suffered 200,000 KIA. But what is not included in this number are those who are MIA (missing in action).
My own cousin had a Facebook page dedicated to those who were looking for their loved ones who are MIA. She stopped posting early this year when she and her family moved to Canada. She estimates there are about 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers who are currently MIA, and the hope that she has and for those who are searching for their loved ones is that many of these missing soldiers are POWs in Russia. One of my Russian sources told me last month that he estimates there are about 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers who are currently POWs.
As for Russian casualties. That is a hard number to figure out. No one I know in Russia wants to talk about it, and the Russian Ministry of Defense is giving no details or numbers. But there is one group that is trying to keep track. Mediazona, in collaboration with BBC News Russian service and a team of volunteers, are making an effort to count the dead. I personally think Mediazona are underestimating the true numbers by a half (if not more), but they are reporting what they have even though they are always under constant pressure from the Russian government to stop (link here). Mediazona's website is here .... Russian casualties in Ukraine. Mediazona count, updated.