Hubi@feddit.orgtoWorld News@lemmy.world•Volunteers dying as Russia’s war dead tops 70,000English
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15 hours agoThese are only the ones that could be verified through orbituaries and funerals. Considering the huge amount of soldiers that never make it back to be buried, this is only a small fraction of overall deaths. The number also does not include mercenaries.
They would’ve been even more incompetent than usual to not expect some kind of border incursion. The FRL probing their defenses every couple of weeks should’ve been indication enough that it was a possibility. Still, it’s pretty baffling that they were unprepared enough to lose such a large area that they could’ve fortified for over two years.