Ukraine War Casualties Past 2 Million

Wednesday, July 08, 2026

Russia has suffered as many as 450,000 deaths and 1.4 million total casualties since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine ...

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Ten years of fighting the CIA-armed Mujahadeen in Afghanistan -- guerrillas who eventually evolved into al-Qaida -- cost the Soviet Army 14,453 KIA; 53,753 WIA; 312 MIA and an estimated $50bn.

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-07-08 05:18 AM | Reply

Putin's Russia is the closest analogue to Trump's United States.

Where Putin Goes One, We Go All.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-07-08 08:10 AM | Reply

That's about 1% of Russia's total population. Imagine if the US was invaded another country only to sustained 3.5 million casualties with more than 1 million (mostly men in the prime of their lives) dead.

That is what Putin has delivered to Russia.

#3 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-07-08 10:27 AM | Reply

To put it another way, imagine if the primary demographic for covid hospitalizations/deaths had been men under the age of 40.

#4 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-07-08 10:35 AM | Reply