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Note that he says "casualties", as you quote him. The most solid numbers seem to be around 1200 KIA, based on new military cemetery construction. The rest seems to be wounded, extrapolated from normal wartime ratios--which can vary widely according to circs. The current government retains heavy support in rural areas, which includes eastern areas where the largest portion of the Ukrainian minority are located. However ...

Less "official" reports indicate the possibility of heavier casualties, more KIAs. The government is claiming that there's a high possibility of sabotage to infrastructure, which may be a ploy to create a sense of crisis. If heavier casualties develop--which appears to be likely--I suspect that, combined with economic hardships, the balance could tip against the current government. The country is relatively evenly divided so that, despite widespread hatred for Russia, public opinion could shift. Important to remember that these kinds of casualties are occurring in a country (like many others in EU) that has had low birth rates for decades. This takes a heavy toll--possibly heavier than hatred for Russia will bear.

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Shryver said on twitter https://twitter.com/imetatronink/status/1599227697947086848 that "it has now emerged the Poles have already lost ~5000 casualties on Ukrainian battlefields. The current Polish government will almost certainly not survive this debacle." Mark, does this seem plausible based on your knowledge of Poland?

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“If he’s looking for a way to end the war.” He has a way you doddering old moron. Let the ground freeze good and hard and launch Operation Bargration II.

It still shocks me to think we’re in the clutches of these fools.

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Dec 2, 2022·edited Dec 2, 2022

Projecting?

https://nypost.com/2022/12/02/putin-fell-down-stairs-soiled-himself-amid-health-woes-report/

Nasam

https://www.raytheonmissilesanddefense.com/what-we-do/missile-defense/air-and-missile-defense-systems/nasams

Oman and Qatar are probably the allies.

Nothing special, and effectiveness will probably be minimal.

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Will Schryver

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Vladimir Putin's purported commentary today on Germany's defeat at the World Cup:

"I think they ran out of gas."

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Lots of videos like that of Biden- saw it a lot in my father in the last year and half of his life- the wandering around lost because he couldn't remember why he was where he was, or couldn't recognize where he was any longer.

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