Mike Fredenburg käy artikkelissaan läpi McGregorin väitteitä joissa hän väittää että Ukrainalaisia olisi kaatunut jopa 400 000. Tuossa on paljon hyviä pointteja, jotka kyllä antavat tukea noille luvuille. Poimintoja tekstistä:
"Unsurprisingly, since the war began, the United States and its allies have unswervingly pushed the narrative that Russia is incurring far more casualties than Ukraine. This casualty narrative was critical to maintaining any plausibility that Ukraine could defeat a country that has four to five times more men of military age and that was recently rated as having
the world’s most powerful military. Hence, given the need to maintain the plausibility of a Ukrainian victory, it isn't surprising that
NATO intelligence asserted that the battle of Bakhmut saw Russia losing at least five soldiers in action for every one of Ukraine’s.
However, since the fall of Bakhmut to Russia, the failure of the much-hyped Ukrainian counteroffensive, and signs that Ukraine’s military is nearing collapse, we're no longer hearing about 5-to-1 casualty rates. Still, the most recent estimates from
United States and
British officials claim that Russia has suffered 120,000 KIA while Ukraine has suffered “only” 70,000 KIA (more than the United States suffered in more than 10 years of the Vietnam War)."
"Additionally, his contacts have analyzed satellite imagery showing a massive expansion of Ukrainian cemeteries and countless tens of thousands of fresh graves. Other open-source intelligence analysis has also
documented in detail Ukraine’s massive expansion of cemeteries that will soon allow Ukraine to reportedly bury 1.5 million more people. And a
Russian analyst using death notices and other open-source intelligence has come up with Ukrainian KIA estimates of more than 300,000."
"And because Russia not only started the war with up to a
10-to-1 advantage in artillery power but also continues to
maintain its artillery advantage while producing
up to seven times more artillery shells than all other NATO nations combined, it's Russia that one would expect to be far ahead in terms of casualty ratios. Russia’s advantage in long-range strike capability,
drone warfare, and
electronic warfare only add to its ability to inflict disproportionate casualties."
“In humanitarian terms, this tragedy has resulted in the Ukrainian nation being destroyed in a war that never needed to be fought,” Col. Macgregor said.
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“In humanitarian terms, this tragedy has resulted in the Ukrainian nation being destroyed in a war that never needed to be fought,” Col. Macgregor said.
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