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It seems some people in Poland had it enough

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 Ukrainians just want to kill without warning instead

Uhhh.... You know Ukraine didn't invite the Russians in to visit right?


The people of the separatist areas where the Russians put their focus actually did.  It's actually truly heart-warming to see them greeted by old ladies and such people who've been stuck in bomb shelters for 8 years as the ZioNazi's shell them in an ethnic cleansing campaign.  Just because they were born in families who spoke the wrong language.

Russia tried to topple the government, take kiev and kill their president.
All Russia has to do is get the fuck out of Ukraine and stop blowing things up.

If anything I would say that the Russians bent over backward to NOT 'take Kiev' and to keep 'their president' among the living.  Zelenski is the worst thing which every happened to Ukraine (or at least the worst thing for a long time) and consequently is a giant boon for the outcome of the special military operation that the Russians and the separatists are undertaking.  And he's a gift which keeps on giving!

It's hard to believe that anyone could be ignorant enough to believe that the phase-I faint up around the Kiev area was an attempt to militarily 'take Kiev', but I have to admit that there probably are some people who are.  And it's possible that you really are one of them.

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 Ukrainians just want to kill without warning instead
Uhhh.... You know Ukraine didn't invite the Russians in to visit right? Russia tried to topple the government, take kiev and kill their president.
All Russia has to do is get the fuck out of Ukraine and stop blowing things up.

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A little math:

On March 25, 2022, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported about 35 bayraktars destroyed out of 36 in total in service with Ukraine, then, apparently, the Russian side was guided by the same sources as the CNN, Reuters and Bloomberg at that time.

25th of March - 35 bayraktars out of 36 - destroyed (the Russian Ministry of Defense)

However, this week news was released on the above-mentioned Ukrainian website Defense-UA, and it turned out that Ukraine had from 60 to 96 bayraktars in service, considering that one bayraktar complex contains 6 drones (*):
"Since February 24, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have received up to 50 Bayraktar TB2
strike and reconnaissance drones from the Turkish company Baykar

Before start of the war : 25 bayraktars at service.
Since February 24: + 50 bayraktars
Total - 75 bayraktars

In addition to that, the Russian Ministry of Defense in mid-April reported that it had discovered 12 bayraktar complexes (72 drones).

So, at April 15th there still was around 72 drones.

So, I have just one question:


To those who didn't get it

From russian words russia destroyed 35 bayraktars by March 25
Ukraine at total has 75 bayractars (by 28th of June !!! )
Russia at April discovered 72 bayraktar drones.

35 + 72 = 107
It exceed total number of ukrainian bayraktars even from future delivers (because 75 is number at 28th of June, again)


On May 10, 2022, one of the Ukrainian Telegram channels, citing a source in the presidential administration, said that 50 bayraktars were lost.


This is not "ukrainian channel". This is russian telegram channel is trying to mimic ukrainian source.

Two main proofs:
1. Russian nationalists consider it as russian. Here is channel "Bulba de thrones" and his quote:

https://t.me/bulbe_de_trones/1108

2. Ukrainian consider this channel as Russian intelligence. Infromation from ukrainian Center countering Disinformation (ЦEHTP ПPOTИДIЇ ДEЗIHФOPMAЦIЇ пpи PHБO Укpaїни):


Oh, what do we see here? You channel "resident", ha ha. Ukrainians consider it as russian informational warfare. And even russian nazionalists consider it the same! So sad for you!

Even if this is a lie that has nothing to do with reality,

Yep, this is what it is - a lie that has nothing to do with reality.

then don't you think it's strange that the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, constantly suffering from a lack of resources, needed to order a dozen more of these drones (which not the cheap) and Ukrainian volunteers are organizing a fundraiser for the purchase of Turkish drones.

Yep. Even 72 drones are not so much to counter russian horde. So the fact that ukrainian defence orders as much as it can - do not tell about anything in general.

Here comes another question, why do they not want to buy drones of Ukrainian origin, but instead they are sponsoring the Turkish president's Erdogan family

Because Ukraine don't produce light combat drones by itself. And western countries even now do not allow to order something from them. Easy answer.

It's precisely clear that it is not in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of any country to publicly report on the amount of their destroyed equipment.

Of course yes, so we have a neutral source for such information.
Oryx blog

Due to Oryx information (strong cheked) Ukraine lost 9 Bayraktar TB2 UCAV

This is not exact number, since Oryx add only those with visual proofs. For example, russia lost TWO su-25 aircraft since the start of war, but at Oryx list there is only 1, because second one was lost on russian territory and there no photo about it (for obvious reasons).

1st loss - 03.04.2022


2nd loss (kind of ironic) - 05.27.2022

https://t.me/fighter_bomber/7384

fighter_bomber is russian avia channel with a lot of ruskies propaganda about brave russian pilots killing "filthy nazi".

Edited: Grammar
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Bayraktars TB2. How many were in Ukraine, and how many were destroyed by the Russian army.

In recent days name of Konashnenkov were mentioned few times here. So, finally someone spend some time and debunked his lies in detail. So, how surprising, but according to him, Russia destroyed more Ukraine army hardware than they actually have. For example, they destroyed 84 Bayraktar drones, 20 more than Ukraine ever had:
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/06/30/according-to-russia-s-press-releases-they-ve-destroyed-more-military-hardware-than-ukraine-ever-had





In addition to that, the Russian Ministry of Defense in mid-April reported that it had discovered 12 bayraktar complexes (72 drones).

Some forum users do not trust official Russian sources, in which case, is there a way for them to at least approximately find out how many bayraktars were destroyed in Ukraine?

On May 10, 2022, one of the Ukrainian Telegram channels, citing a source in the presidential administration, said that 50 bayraktars were lost.



Even if this is a lie that has nothing to do with reality, then don't you think it's strange that the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, constantly suffering from a lack of resources, needed to order a dozen more of these drones (which not the cheap) and Ukrainian volunteers are organizing a fundraiser for the purchase of Turkish drones. Here comes another question, why do they not want to buy drones of Ukrainian origin, but instead they are sponsoring the Turkish president's Erdogan family, whose son-in-law is a chief technology officer at Baykar company? It seems that Ukraine, with the support of Russia, is helping the Turkish military-industrial complex to enrich itself by sending expensive drones on suicide missions, while Russia is solving the problem of disposing of old Soviet ammunition on Ukrainian soil.

It's precisely clear that it is not in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of any country to publicly report on the amount of their destroyed equipment. This will undermine the morale of the soldiers and cool the ardor of the allies who send help. However, if the Ukrainian high military command doesn't comment at all on the briefings of the Russian Ministry of Defense, according to which about ~ 90 bayraktars have already been liquidated, then this may lead to some questions. Literally, an entire army of combat drones was destroyed.

The window below contains links to the briefings of the RF Ministry of Defense on the destroyed bayraktars. I got 85 (35 + 50) + another 10 (questionable) and two hangars with Turkish drones - this is from February 24 to June 21. The difficulty in the calculations is that after March 25, the Russian Ministry doesn't conduct a subset (I didn't find it), and some briefings close in dates and the same information is sometimes duplicated or intersected.

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21.06 +? https://t.me/mod_russia/16990 (hangar)
20.06 +2 https://t.me/mod_russia/16936
18.06 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/16880
17.06 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/16845
13.06 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/16725
12.06 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/16700
05.06 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/16484
04.06 +2 https://t.me/mod_russia/16457
02.06 +2 https://t.me/mod_russia/16384
28.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/16231
25.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/16109
23.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/16051
19.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15882
14.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15730
13.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15685
12.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15658
11.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15626
10.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15609
09.05 +2 https://t.me/mod_russia/15520
08.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15411
08.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15399
08.05 +3 https://t.me/mod_russia/15366
07.05 +2 https://t.me/mod_russia/15342
05.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15193
04.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15139
03.05 +? https://t.me/mod_russia/15128 (hangar)
02.05 +3 https://t.me/mod_russia/15088
30.04 +3 https://t.me/mod_russia/14957
29.04 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/14880
27.04 +2 https://t.me/mod_russia/14798
23.04 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/14682
23.04 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/14663
14.04 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/14327
12.04 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/14288 (?)
12.04 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/14256
09.04 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/14192
08.04 +2 https://t.me/mod_russia/14136 (?)
07.04 +2 https://t.me/mod_russia/14097
06.04 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/14056
05.04 +7 https://t.me/mod_russia/13994 (?)
01.04 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/13837
31.03 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/13767
25.03 .. https://t.me/mod_russia/13574 = 35

>one of the Ukrainian Telegram channels

Everyone has long known that this channel, among many others, is russian psyop. You know this too (as I see, your soo deep in the context unless you received a ready post by email), but since it doesn't fit into the concept, you decided not to mention it. Given this, everything else you wrote can be called into question and someone will surely point you to this.
Gotta try harder.
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MOSCOW, 3 Jul - RIA Novosti. Ukrainian forces fired Tochka-U missiles and Reis drones into Kursk and Belgorod Regions on Sunday night, the Defense Ministry said.
"Tonight, from 03:00 to 03:30 (Moscow time), the Kiev regime carried out a deliberate strike by Tochka-U ballistic missiles with cluster munitions and Tu-143 Reis drones against residential areas of Belgorod and Kursk, where there are no military facilities," the agency said.

https://ria.ru/20220703/udary-1799888429.html
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Bayraktars TB2. How many were in Ukraine, and how many were destroyed by the Russian army.

In recent days name of Konashnenkov were mentioned few times here. So, finally someone spend some time and debunked his lies in detail. So, how surprising, but according to him, Russia destroyed more Ukraine army hardware than they actually have. For example, they destroyed 84 Bayraktar drones, 20 more than Ukraine ever had:
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/06/30/according-to-russia-s-press-releases-they-ve-destroyed-more-military-hardware-than-ukraine-ever-had

Reminded me of the “Chinese whispers” game, when the original information is distorted by passing through several people. To get uncorrupted data, it is necessary that none of the transmitters spoil it along the way.

5 . I'm quoting LTU_btc
4 . . LTU_btc is quoting Medusa
3 . . . Medusa is quoting Proekt
2 . . . . Proekt is quoting Defense-UA <--- the weak link was found
1 . . . . . Defense-UA is quoting the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
0 . . . . . . Ministry of Defense of Ukraine - the source



In short: 62 is the total number of drones ordered by Ukraine in 2021 (37 + 25): 37 units are Ukrainian drones ("Fury" and "Spectator") and 25 are bayraktars TB2. The presence of bayraktars in Ukraine in the amount of 60 to 96 units was reported this week by Ukrainian sources.

Having made a little effort to find original information, it becomes obvious that the so-called journalists from the "Proekt", in their attempts to accuse the Russian general staff of lying, are themselves carrying nonsense. I wonder, besides such "journalists", were there any official statements by the Ukrainian military command that the Russian Ministry of Defense provides falsified statistics on bayraktars? After all, this may raise questions from Turkish suppliers and other military departments cooperating with the Ukrainian side. I've tried to find messages by the name of Konashenkov on the Facebook pages of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but no results.

Here is a comment from the "Proekt" website about the bayraktars, translated from Russian into English:
Code:
"Turkish Bayraktar drones, according to Konashenkov, have been completely destroyed.
A month after the start of the war, on March 25, the Ministry of Defense reported that
the Russian military had shot down 35 of the 36 devices Ukraine had. By the end of June,
the figure had grown - there were already 84 Bayraktar shot down in Konashenkov's messages.
At least this figure may contradict public data - it is known that the Ukrainian army purchased
only 62 such drones before the war, while 25 of them were supposed to be delivered in 2022 year.
At the beginning of March, a batch of bayraktars actually arrived in Ukraine.
Four more drones were donated by a Turkish manufacturer."

The fact that this is not a typo, and they are talking about 62 bayraktars, is confirmed by this video on their YouTube channel (time code 08:50). According to the "Proekt", for 100 days of the conflict (i.e. until June 4 2022), the RF Ministry of Defense reported about 75 destroyed bayraktars.



The journalists of the "Proekt" referred to the Ukrainian website Defense-UA. If you go to that site, then it talks about 62 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), and 25 of the 62 drones were to be delivered at the beginning of 2022.



The same Ukrainian source suggested - based on the money spent - that among the new UAV delivered to Ukraine there could also be bayraktars TB2's. Prices are $3.5 million for 37 drones and $108 million for 25 drones. Considering that the price of bayraktar TB2 = $5 million, there simply could not be bayraktars among those 37 units.



It must also be said that this nonsense about "62 bayraktars" was picked up by some Ukrainian media (1, 2)

Screenshot of the "Proekt" website, whose founders are spreading fakes.
Would it be better instead of drawing colorful pictures, they double-check the information published on their site, or is this not part of their main duties? Why do users have to search for everything themselves, wasting their time?



Now, that we have dealt with the lies of the "journalists", let's try to figure it out how many bayraktars in Ukraine were reported in more established media.

Information that Ukraine had from 20 to 50 bayraktars by the beginning of the Russian invasion was published by a number of media resources (AP, Forbes, FT, CNN, Reuters, Bloomberg, Report, DW, MWM, TSN).

On March 25, 2022, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported about 35 bayraktars destroyed out of 36 in total in service with Ukraine, then, apparently, the Russian side was guided by the same sources as the CNN, Reuters and Bloomberg at that time.


Translation of the line № 7: "UAV Bayraktar TB2. In service on 24.02.2022 = 36, Destroyed = 35 / 97% Loss"

Of course, no one except the military leadership of Ukraine knows the exact number of Turkish drones they use, as well as their losses. And even official statements by different parties to the conflict, most likely, will not mean the true state of affairs, since information is a weapon in capable hands.

However, this week news was released on the above-mentioned Ukrainian website Defense-UA, and it turned out that Ukraine had from 60 to 96 bayraktars in service, considering that one bayraktar complex contains 6 drones (*):
Code:
"Since February 24, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have received up to 50 Bayraktar TB2
strike and reconnaissance drones from the Turkish company Baykar, which have joined
those that were already in service before the invasion of the Russian army.
These figures were announced by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov.
<...> In general, if we take deliveries of about three complexes starting from 2019,
two of which ended up in the Air Force, and another one of a much larger strength
in the Ukrainian Navy, as well as about 50 more drones, then, most likely, now
the Armed Forces of Ukraine are operating somewhere around 10-16 Bayraktar TB2 complexes."



In addition to that, the Russian Ministry of Defense in mid-April reported that it had discovered 12 bayraktar complexes (72 drones).

Some forum users do not trust official Russian sources, in which case, is there a way for them to at least approximately find out how many bayraktars were destroyed in Ukraine?

On May 10, 2022, one of the Ukrainian Telegram channels, citing a source in the presidential administration, said that 50 bayraktars were lost.



Even if this is a lie that has nothing to do with reality, then don't you think it's strange that the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, constantly suffering from a lack of resources, needed to order a dozen more of these drones (which not the cheap) and Ukrainian volunteers are organizing a fundraiser for the purchase of Turkish drones. Here comes another question, why do they not want to buy drones of Ukrainian origin, but instead they are sponsoring the Turkish president's Erdogan family, whose son-in-law is a chief technology officer at Baykar company? It seems that Ukraine, with the support of Russia, is helping the Turkish military-industrial complex to enrich itself by sending expensive drones on suicide missions, while Russia is solving the problem of disposing of old Soviet ammunition on Ukrainian soil.

It's precisely clear that it is not in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of any country to publicly report on the amount of their destroyed equipment. This will undermine the morale of the soldiers and cool the ardor of the allies who send help. However, if the Ukrainian high military command doesn't comment at all on the briefings of the Russian Ministry of Defense, according to which about ~ 90 bayraktars have already been liquidated, then this may lead to some questions. Literally, an entire army of combat drones was destroyed.

The window below contains links to the briefings of the RF Ministry of Defense on the destroyed bayraktars. I got 85 (35 + 50) + another 10 (questionable) and two hangars with Turkish drones - this is from February 24 to June 21. The difficulty in the calculations is that after March 25, the Russian Ministry doesn't conduct a subset (I didn't find it), and some briefings close in dates and the same information is sometimes duplicated or intersected.

Code:
21.06 +? https://t.me/mod_russia/16990 (hangar)
20.06 +2 https://t.me/mod_russia/16936
18.06 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/16880
17.06 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/16845
13.06 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/16725
12.06 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/16700
05.06 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/16484
04.06 +2 https://t.me/mod_russia/16457
02.06 +2 https://t.me/mod_russia/16384
28.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/16231
25.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/16109
23.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/16051
19.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15882
14.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15730
13.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15685
12.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15658
11.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15626
10.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15609
09.05 +2 https://t.me/mod_russia/15520
08.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15411
08.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15399
08.05 +3 https://t.me/mod_russia/15366
07.05 +2 https://t.me/mod_russia/15342
05.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15193
04.05 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/15139
03.05 +? https://t.me/mod_russia/15128 (hangar)
02.05 +3 https://t.me/mod_russia/15088
30.04 +3 https://t.me/mod_russia/14957
29.04 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/14880
27.04 +2 https://t.me/mod_russia/14798
23.04 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/14682
23.04 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/14663
14.04 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/14327
12.04 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/14288 (?)
12.04 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/14256
09.04 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/14192
08.04 +2 https://t.me/mod_russia/14136 (?)
07.04 +2 https://t.me/mod_russia/14097
06.04 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/14056
05.04 +7 https://t.me/mod_russia/13994 (?)
01.04 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/13837
31.03 +1 https://t.me/mod_russia/13767
25.03 .. https://t.me/mod_russia/13574 = 35
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Mothers of forced conscripts in Donetsk protesting while their sons are kidnapped into Adolf's Putin army.

In the DNR, unlike in the Russian Federation, there is mobilization.

Then I doubt that Strelkov has a Twitter account.
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Russians used their superb science to resurrect dead Snake Island defenders...can you point at better than that Ukrainian
gesture? Ukrainians just want to kill without warning instead
Do you want a fresh Russian joke?
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Very near future. Paris. Russian tanks on the Champs Elysees. Tankers are sitting in the chantan cafe, drinking freshly brewed coffee, eating croissants, and one of the tankers says:
- Oh, it's a pity that we still lost the information war...
Grin

Keep your good humour, you are going to need it in a country that is getting their GDP shrunk like a penis before a fat 70 yr lady.

It inspires me a joke... two ex-soldiers are begging in the streets of Moscow and one says to the other... "I am so proud we won this war" and the other answers "Da Da tovarich, I only wished the other 98 people in our unit were alive to see us here, so triumphant".

Meanwhile...

https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/1542868156435292162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1542868156435292162%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fliveuamap.com%2Fen%2F2022%2F1-july-mothers-of-forceful-conscripts-protested-in-donetsk]Forced conscription in the occupied territories

Mothers of forced conscripts in Donetsk protesting while their sons are kidnapped into Adolf's Putin army.
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Putin trolls would be in prison for spreading misinformation and inciting hatred towards Ukrainians

Are you a buddy of Bender's, or isn't he a fascist?

Read this tragicomedy article

"There is no evidence that the Banderaites murdered hundreds of thousands of Jews."

https://www.dw.com/uk/mzs-ukrainy-dystantsiiuvalosia-vid-sliv-posla-u-nimechchyni-pro-banderu/a-62323192
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Idiots like you are the reason why people are believing Putins propaganda about Ukrainians being nazis, idiot.

Is this the first time you've met writers like this?
One here promised me a execution.

Don't pretend to be buddy-buddy with me. I read your posts. You are much worse than he is.

In fact, if it were up to me you would be in prison for spreading misinformation and inciting hatred towards innocent Ukrainians, which indirectly led to them being tortured and killed by the people who believed your bullshit.

And you keep supporting Russia as if Putin personally pays you. Karma will come back to you one day.


The Ukrainian people aren't Nazi's. The government is. The people just don't realize it.

The Ukrainian people are often a mixture of Ukrainians and Russians... families with members from both nations.

Take a peek at https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.60485200.

Cool
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Idiots like you are the reason why people are believing Putins propaganda about Ukrainians being nazis, idiot.

Is this the first time you've met writers like this?
One here promised me a execution.

Don't pretend to be buddy-buddy with me. I read your posts. You are much worse than he is.

In fact, if it were up to me you and other Putin trolls would be in prison for spreading misinformation and inciting hatred towards Ukrainians. This dehumanizes them, which indirectly leads to them being tortured and killed by the people who believe your bullshit.

And you keep supporting Russia as if Putin personally pays you. Karma will come back to you one day.
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The problem is that Americans, generally, are led by the media to believe that Ukraine is good and that Russia is bad. But they don't know how Russia has essentially saved the world from Nazism in WW2, and is saving it from Nazism again, in the war with Ukraine. And this time it is the US that is promoting the Nazism the Russians are fighting.


Americans Do Not Understand Their Own Military History



I believe one of the reasons many Americans carry such negative feelings about the Russians is our collective failure to understand the price Russians paid to defeat Hitler. The sad truth is that most Americans have trouble identifying the warring parties in World War II and generally believe that terrible conflict was settled because of what America did.

The American people are good folk at heart. They genuinely want to help the less fortunate or the beleaguered. But, during the last 75 years, American politicians cynically have used this trait to convince the public to back foreign wars that killed hundreds of thousands of civilians. All of this bloodshed was done under the banner of promoting freedom and democracy. Yet, if you ask the folks in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Panama, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, the Balkans, Libya and Syria how they view the US “help”, they have what can charitably be called a “different perspective.”

I believe one of the reasons Americans have been bamboozled into supporting most of the US foreign adventures is a fundamental ignorance about US military casualties. Misconceptions about US losses in World War II are pervasive. If you ask the average American who knows something about the history of WW II, he or she likely believes that the United States paid dearly in blood to defeat Japan and to help bring an end to Nazi Germany. In fact, the vast majority of Americans believe that the Russians played only a minor role in crushing the Nazis.

Apart from lousy public education, Hollywood is the major culprit in perpetuating the myth of US prowess in World War II. Those movies that mention the Soviet role (and that is a small number) usually portray Stalin as desperate for the Allies to open a western front against the Germans.

So let me share with you some surprising facts. What were the five bloodiest campaign battles in World War II that cost the United States the most fatalities?

  • Battle of Normandy–June 6 to August 25, 1944. The United States lost 29,204 killed in action.
  • Battle of the Bulge–December 16, 1944 to January 28, 1945. KIA, 19,276.
  • Central Europe Campaign–March 22 to May 8, 1945. Fatalities totaled 15,009.
  • Battle of Okinawa–April 1 to June 22, 1945. Deaths are estimated between 14,000 and 20,000.
  • Philippines Campaign–December 8, 1941 to May 6, 1942. Approximately 13,000 KIA.

If your family lost a loved one in these battles, the total number of deaths is meaningless. The death of the person who was loved by parents, siblings and friends was incalculable. My intent in presenting these stark statistics is to help you appreciate why the Russians are so justifiably paranoid about foreign threats, especially those that embrace modern Nazis.

Here are the top five Russian campaigns. They only fought the Germans. But the price in blood is staggering:

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Idiots like you are the reason why people are believing Putins propaganda about Ukrainians being nazis, idiot.

Is this the first time you've met writers like this?
One here promised me a execution.
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Just yesterday I saw a video of Ukrainian soldiers bragging about executing POWs. Whether people say its justified or not, do they not understand they are hurting their own cause?

They hurting wheir own cause only in the eyes of idiots. Let me explain: executing POWs it's not the same as killing civilians. Especially, if this pows are from a country which started a war.

It's easy way to not be executed - just do not come to Ukraine. And for civilian ukrainians such easy way can't be achieved, because in their case they already at home.

Backwards logic and insults? Wow. Being called an idiot really makes me empathize with your people. Thanks for that.

It does not matter who started the war, you do not execute POWs and then brag about it publically on Tiktok. Especially when your country is heavily relying on foreign countries to send them weapons and financial aid. Its important to have a good reputation in the eyes of the international community. Think about all the people who you have made Anti-Ukraine with such dumb comments. You think this is good? You are doing damage.

Idiots like you are the reason why people are believing Putins propaganda about Ukrainians being nazis, idiot. Be better than this. The world is watching

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I don't think these could have reached Odessa.

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Just yesterday I saw a video of Ukrainian soldiers bragging about executing POWs. Whether people say its justified or not, do they not understand they are hurting their own cause?

They hurting wheir own cause only in the eyes of idiots. Let me explain: executing POWs it's not the same as killing civilians. Especially, if this pows are from a country which started a war.

It's easy way to not be executed - just do not come to Ukraine. And for civilian ukrainians such easy way can't be achieved, because in their case they already at home.
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