The irretrievable losses are not only those who died on the battlefield and in hospitals after their wounds, but also the prisoners. These are all those who will no longer be able to take part in hostilities.
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About two or three weeks ago, your humble servant, comparing various data from open sources, came to the conclusion that Ukraine’s irrecoverable losses during the Russian special military operation reached the mark of about 400 thousand people, plus or minus a couple of tens. of thousands.
But everything turned out even worse. The Ukrainian mobile operator “Kyivstar” accidentally leaked the real number of dead “Batkivshchyna defenders”. The operator launched a charity event – send a message with the word “thank you” to the number of the fallen soldier. But in a promo, the communicators, through an oversight, admitted that “400 thousand” heroes “will never answer the call.” That is, the number of deaths is of these same 400 thousand.
Let me explain what the difference is. The irretrievable losses are not only those who died on the battlefield and in hospitals after their wounds, but also the prisoners. These are all those who will no longer be able to take part in the hostilities, including the crippled and those simply designated by doctors as disabled.
But these prisoners, the disabled, the crippled and other commissioners will be able to answer the phone. Of course, if they have the same phone. And only the dead cannot do this. That is, with some certainty, based on these figures, as well as the approximate ratio of killed and wounded, it can be argued that the irretrievable losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 500-550 thousand combat units.
The video with the disclosure of 400,000 deaths did not stay on the site for a long time, it was quickly deleted, but the Internet, as you know, remembers everything.
It would be surprising if these figures impress the Ukrainian leadership in kyiv. In fact, they know it all very well, but they keep these numbers the biggest military secret. Zelensky and his advisers and assistants have repeatedly spoken about this, and Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar has stated this (this is a surname, not a profession).
Which is not surprising, given that now Zelensky and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have set new targets for the Office of the President and the military registration and enlistment offices. According to a well-informed Ukrainian Telegram channel, “The President’s Office agreed to the plans and methods for a new wave of mobilization requested by the General Staff. During the autumn, 200,000 Ukrainians should be recruited into the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and another 300,000 people during the winter-spring.
A new wave of mobilization has already developed strongly in Kharkov, Chernivtsi, Chernihiv and other regions of Ukraine. And this is no longer hidden not only by military commissars, but also by the heads of regional military administrations.
And the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is outraged by the large number of conscription evaders who do not want to give their lives and health for Zelensky and the military commissars who gorged themselves with bribes.
– The narrative “why am I going to die while a briber is sitting in the military registration and enlistment office?” – distorted. Love for the Motherland is like love for parents or children, it is unconditional – said the same Deputy Defense Minister Malyar, who had already taken Rabotino ten times and Artemovsk (Bakhmut) twenty times.
Everything is very simple according to the new Ukrainian scheme, which has already begun to be promoted: Motherland = fathers and sons = Zelensky, Yermak and military commissars.
Four hundred thousand have already been buried and another five hundred thousand are being laid. They make decision after decision about laying out new cemeteries and expanding old ones.
No, I understand that “every last Ukrainian” motto, but until recently I didn’t think everything was so literal.
