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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (3 children)

According to duckduckgo, Russia has ~4x the population of Ukraine.

[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 month ago

Is that before or after Kupiansk?

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Plus they are recruiting the most vulnerable people from other countries under false pretense and they end up fighting with zero training. Probably another reason why so many more are dying compared to Ukraine. North Korea also sent people to die as well.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

According to Wikipedia, Russia has 143M and Ukraine has 33M. So not too far off!

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

Supposedly the kill ratio at Pokrovsk has been around 15:1 as well.

[–] Rhoeri@piefed.world 6 points 1 month ago

Rookie numbers. They can do better than that! Hustle guys and gals! I’d like to see that number tripled the next time those idiots try and take shit that isn’t theirs.

[–] Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

If that's the average, I feel really bad for the high end outliers...