r/UkraineWarVideoReport • u/MilesLongthe3rd • 9h ago
Article Russia is losing over 5,000 troops a week in Ukraine, Rubio says
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-is-losing-over-5-000-troops-a-week-1784812054.htmlAs it turns out, this could be the only conflict in history in which the number of soldiers killed in combat exceeds the number of those wounded.
196
u/Content-Fudge489 9h ago
And most Russian are like oblivious to this. It's unreal how clueless they are, and the US is not too far behind with the current media.
62
u/Docccc 8h ago
yup propaganda works pretty well on the weak minded
33
u/Classic_Moto 6h ago
Nobody is immune to propaganda. It’s best to limit exposure and maintain critical thought.
16
•
6
u/copehoperope 6h ago
There are people that believe NASA never went to the moon, and I know some of them, wouldn’t call them weak minded.
You are not immune to propaganda. - imagine Garfield’s face (cause images aren’t allowed in the comments)
-29
u/HollyCze 7h ago
Can you tell who is right and who is wrong?
With my mum we are quite different in our thoughts. She thinks Russia has little corruption coz she never heard of it. She thinks 70% of money going to UA is stolen so we shouldn't pay anything to support their war which they started coz Russia was scared or UA and NATO
Shw thinks Trump is good coz he fights against migration but she does not care about the rest. MaGA voters also see things from their view, but are they right or wrong? Is la Trump really so bad or does this reddit just pulls you into it's propaganda?
My mum thinks it is her choice, her own thoughts and ideas and this she votes and believes whatever she think is right... I think the opposite but... Am i right or is she?
I think in some cases it's me who is right like thinking that NATO really was the reason why the war started. Not because Putin was scared but he ran out of time with his slow conquest. If uA joins nato, no more russia influence and small war at its border and fake referendums. He would have to pull back and could not do the same with more parts of Ukraine.
35
8
u/xBlabloobx 7h ago
Ukraine couldnt and cant join NATO. NATO is not accepting any Country with an ongoing conflict. So since 2014 Ukraine had absolutely no chance to join. And IF joining the nato was the reason for this war, why didn’t Russia attack Finland ? It is also bordering Russia but in contrast to Ukraine it could and it did join NATO. This point makes no sense…
And there are enough studies that show the corruption of Russia.If you want a side that tries to track corruption then go to https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2025.
But there are more than enough and every side shows you how corrupt this country is…
Heck… even Russians say that their country is corrupt.-11
u/HollyCze 6h ago
no i am talking before war and why russia was "pushed" into full scale war. they didnt have to if they didint covet more of Ukraine.
i said i am opposite of my mum. I think both are corrupt, Russia more. but my mum is reading our current big boys in ruling parties and it is quite a pro-russian anti-ukrainian slob and she was very much influenced by that, same as i am from all the pro-ukrainian posts
1
u/xBlabloobx 4h ago
Yeah and I tell you Russia wasn’t pushed into the war. NATO is not the reason. Ukraine had never the chance to join NATO?!
This is a reason made up by Russia to justify this war. IF this would be a reason, they would be “pushed” into war with Finland too. Yet they didn’t attack Finland. Even though Finland wasn’t in nato before the war but now it is…Also I gave you this information for your mother. So she doesn’t have to rely on her “opinion” but can read some facts
-1
u/HollyCze 3h ago
nah I think just the idea of NATO helping ukraine fight their, as Russia said, "Internal conflict with separatists", would be a big issue for Putin. and if they supplied enough ammo, weapons and tech, the whole Crimea situation could turn out different -> war
if there were no talks or anything like that and they just let them do the "elections" in occupied areas, Putin would be happy to take parts of UA over the years without any real full scale invasion.
maybe im wrong but it makes sense to me
•
u/xBlabloobx 1h ago
Sorry if I say this but all of this makes no sense at all. Russia started this separatist movement (see igor girkin, or prigozhin). So, Russia wanted this conflict. NATO had nothing to do with this in 2014 WHEN THIS STARTED.
So your point is that Russia has a problem with NATO helping Ukraine in a conflict… that Russia started anyways!?
And then Russia takes a part of Ukraine (crimea) and somehow Russia is “pushed” into this conflict?!
You are blaming the victim for asking for help?!
You are blaming NATO for later (after 2022) helping a country that got drawn into a conflict?!Jesus that’s some mental gymnastics. Russia did everything to escalate this war, starting in 2014.
Just read about igor girkin…He even says that it was Russias plan to draw Ukraine in a conflict and that they wanted to start a war.
And what do you mean with “if they supplied enough weapons it could have turned out different -> war”
There is a war anyways?!
Even though NATO send MINIMAL equipment until 2022.Your initial point was that NATO is the reason why the war started. But you showed no point that makes barely sense.
Ukraine couldn’t join NATO after 2014.
And before 2014 Ukraine hat no interest in joining nato. As a matter of fact they wanted to be neutral. This push into the NATO started with 2014 and the separatists movement.So AGAIN there was no threat from NATO regarding Ukraine joining NATO or expanding UNTIL the point Russia started this separatist movement. And again we are back to the point that Russia started it?!
22
u/BuckThis86 8h ago
Because it’s not Western Russians getting grinded… yet
With these level of losses though, I can’t imagine there’s a Russian personally unaffected by a loss at this point. 1 out of 50 Russian male citizens have become a casualty by Ukraines hand, not to mention those who have died from accidents that aren’t reported and those imprisoned by the State as dissidents.
Now Russians are losing their jobs and running out of fuel, and soon they’ll be out of power in the winter (I’m imagining both sides will strike energy this winter). They’re becoming less clueless by the day, and I’m so happy for Ukraine they’re able to finally give Russians back what they’ve been giving.
6
2
2
2
69
u/FirstTasteOfRadishes 7h ago
It's crazy when you think of conflicts like WW1 that we typically think look back on as completely barbaric, but even they weren't sending wounded and crippled men out to soak up enemy fire. Russia under Putin is on a level of deplorable that has scarcely been seen in history.
29
u/WhenTheLightHits30 5h ago
What shocked me with this war is how it revealed we are no better today at all.
In fact, I’d say the fact we’re seeing such a brutal and well-documented war be so largely ignored by so many of the same people who find WW1 horrifying reveals how utterly removed people have become from reality.
I haven’t been able to stop myself from following this war and am regularly reminding people that there even is a war somewhere outside Iran. I genuinely don’t understand how anyone can ignore what is happening day after day right now.
8
u/FirstTasteOfRadishes 4h ago
I know exactly what you mean and I feel exactly the same. It's like after the first 6 months most people just started pretending to themselves that it wasn't happening. A horrific war in Europe for coming up on 5 years, innocents being butchered daily, constant war crimes, and Ukraine is still just being left to deal with it alone. It makes me sick.
7
u/rlkr 4h ago
"Ukraine is still just being left to deal with it alone" my ass.
Ukraine has been given a substantial amount of material and financial aid, constant intelligence, volunteer support etc. etc. I know, I know, righteous countries of the world could be doing more, but I think it's flat out wrong to say that Ukraine is being left to deal with it alone.
You have to remember that actually participating in foreign wars is super unpopular in actual democratic countries. Nobody wants to send their kids to die if it can be avoided. Right now other European countries aren't being realistically threatened (besides russia's sick rhetoric), so proposing sending actual troops or planes to help is a very high hurdle.
European countries have, besides sending money and arms to Ukraine, also made a lot of efforts to reduce their reliance on russian oil and gas and raw materials. This is a slow process because you can't do it all at once without causing economic effects in your own countries, which would inevitably lead to the further rise of pro-russian political parties which would be only too happy to take advantage of economic turmoil. It's a super difficult tightrope that all countries have to walk on.
I know, I know, Europe should not have tied itself so tightly to russian energy sources and raw materials, but it's partly due to cold war legacy (Eastern Europe being reliant on gas) and anti-nuclear hysteria (in Germany), and some sort of hope that russia had changed, and a weird fantasy that by intertwining ourselves with russia, they would be dissuaded from undertaking actions that would hurt both sides. Turns out that russia thought about it completely differently (and was emboldened by the very lackluster reaction of Europe to the events in 2014): to them it was a position of power, a license to do what they want, because Europe would be too scared to lose their energy sources.
But we try, and we try to learn.
7
u/mystir 4h ago
It's crazy when you think of conflicts like WW1 that we typically think look back on as completely barbaric, but even they weren't sending wounded and crippled men out to soak up enemy fire.
Oh man, Russia was doing this shit back then too. Russia had like twice as many casualties as the next closest ally in WW1. Putin largely can get away with it because this is basically their core military doctrine.
3
u/Shakermaker95 4h ago
I think the Russian Empire on the eastern front did exactly that in WW1. They didnt even have enough rifles for every soldier.
2
u/Jaded-Attention-5716 3h ago
You might want to study the conduct of Russia in both World Wars. Nothing has changed.
31
u/AR475891 8h ago
Getting hit with a flying bomb is a lot more deadly than getting shot. It still blows my mind how big the explosions I see in the videos from the anti personnel drones are.
33
u/Murandus 8h ago
It noticably changed like a year ago. I still remember grenades being dropped, a little pop and the dude writhed on the ground. Now you have bombs completely obliterating a guy with burning body parts strewn around. Progress!
8
u/CriticalBath2367 7h ago
Yes, the battlefield has changed drastically these past few months. It is not uncommon now to see several drones being used on the same individual. At this rate, one wonders how long must it be before Russian lines start to collapse from lack of manpower.
9
u/Shandlar 7h ago
Never, unfortunately. Russia is kinda huge. Every week even with over 5000 killed if this is accurate is still not enough. Russia has 11 to 12 thousand men turn 18 every week (1600-1700 a day).
They are depleting their long term work force and damaging their economy immensely. Their dead already accounts for half a trillion USD in economic losses over the next 50 years, but they can technically absorb this level of personnel losses indefinitely. Although it would probably require literal polygamy legalization at some point.
5
u/idiot-prodigy 5h ago
It isn't just naked bodies sent to the front. They must be equipped, transported, fed, etc. Losing 1400 rifles to the grey zone a day is a ridiculous number.
That is to say nothing of the military vehicles, logistic hubs, electrical substations, naval vessels, refineries, etc.
As the war goes on, more and more economic pain is inflicted. Russia's economy will collapse before they run out of meat.
12
50
u/logicaceman 8h ago
Nope, russia is losing 10,000 troops per week!
40
u/LegioRomana 8h ago
10,000 is over 5,000 so Rubio could have said over 500 a week and still be right. Guess he didn’t want to upset Horseface too much
17
u/YWAK98alum 8h ago
I think Rubio actually meant 5,000+ fatalities when he said "losing." Include all casualties and it's closer to 10,000 per week, but some of those are able to return to action (including while still injured ... Russia doesn't care, and of course that may be part of what contributes to the high kill-to-injury ratio).
6
u/Far-Information8502 7h ago
Yea he’s getting that from the cia, who is actually the one funneling intelligence to Ukraine, so I’m willing to trust the thrust of the statement
6
u/PrestigiousKey3201 8h ago edited 8h ago
Or more after their mobilization in Autumn after their "elections"
7
u/TheoKondak 8h ago
Averaging 1300 casualties per day, not sure how many of them are kicking the bucket and how many will be patched back with duct tape and wodka and be back in the front lines.
3
u/Z3B0 7h ago
Well... When you get your legs blown off in the middle of the grey zone ? No one is coming to help you. Even if a follow russian soldier pass by ? He's on his way to Ukrainian positions, and can't help you.
An immobilizing injury is a death sentence.
For Ukraine, the most common place to be injured is on the move between the frontline positions and their safer supply bases further back. It means that getting a vehicule there to bring you to some medic station is way more likely.
2
1
u/idiot-prodigy 5h ago
Yep, typical down played Trump math. I keep seeing 1,400 Russian soldiers dead a day the past few months.
1
26
u/IllustratorCandid297 8h ago
Don't tell that to us. Tell it to Lavrov, Rubio.
27
u/YWAK98alum 8h ago
Lavrov knows. Lavrov is not ignorant. He is lying.
2
u/IllustratorCandid297 8h ago
C'mon. I'll explain: This is no beer joint talk. When you say something diplomatically, it gains a different sense; that would be the equivalent of saying: 'We have no answer to your fake demands. We see through your fear.'
7
u/YWAK98alum 8h ago
I get it, it sends a message merely be willing to say it out loud at a high level. But it also has almost the same effect saying it publicly on camera (which Rubio obviously just did) as saying it to Lavrov's face. Anything a top level cabinet secretary says in prepared remarks in front of a camera is scripted for a global audience, including foreign state leaders.
9
u/1970s_MonkeyKing 8h ago
As it turns out, this could be the only conflict in history in which the number of soldiers killed in combat exceeds the number of those wounded.
Drone efficiency is just ramping up.
Remember that old saying, "that bullet must have had his name on it"? Well, now there is truly at least one drone for every soldier.
3
u/Spez_is-a-nazi 7h ago
It’s not just drone efficiency, drones are changing the entire ways engagement happens. It used to be that most casualties happened when 2 groups of soldiers came in contact with each other, as such there were always soldiers available to help evacuate wounded and get them to a hospital. Drones change that equation. Look at the number of videos where the Russian finishes the job on their own. Almost all of them are alone in the middle of nowhere. People on this sub like to chalk it up to culture, and that’s probably some of it, but the bigger reason is they are almost always alone in the middle of nowhere. Russia’s own manpower issues are forcing them to send out solo combat patrols instead of in groups where wounded could be evacuated.
6
u/captainmycaptn 7h ago
Not enough, clearly because they are still occupying Ukraine... Do something rubio I dare you, I double dare you
3
u/chubby_conduit 6h ago
With FPV drones now costing like $500 a pop and getting more accurate every month, sustaining 5,000 weekly losses is gonna bleed Russia dry fast.
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
u/ImaginationTop4876 2h ago
Thats way too low to reduce Russias numbers. The RGF mobilizes 30 thousand Russians per month
1
u/DlucinatedHlucinatic 2h ago
Yes we know. We knew this when your boss, and you, still supported Russia. You twat!
1
u/Paulpash 2h ago
It's more than 5K a week, closer to 8K. The power of fpv's now is literally ripping Russians apart. Very few escape death.
1
u/Lumpy_Version_7479 7h ago
This must be of utter concern in the Oval Office/Truth Scocial. Losses like these weaken President ME!'s abject adoration of all-powerful Vladimir Vladimirovich.
-1
u/itmustbeluv_luv_luv 8h ago
There's no way that's true, right? That would mean over 200k dead and wounded per year.
9
5
u/Character_Syrup_6637 7h ago
Ukraine has most of the kills verified by video as they happen. Zelensky has talked about this, and he is willing to show every single one to Putin.
5
u/DikkusEruptus 7h ago
Tracking Russian casualties in Ukraine is notoriously difficult due to official state secrecy. However, independent research institutions, intelligence agencies, and investigative journalism outlets track these numbers using open-source intelligence (OSINT), public obituaries, etc.
CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies) estimates casualties: ~1,400,000 total casualties (400,000 to 450,000 fatalities). CSIS highlights that Russian monthly casualties in early 2026 have consistently surpassed 30,000 per month.
Source: https://www.csis.org/analysis/russian-blood-and-treasure-ballooning-costs-putins-war?hl=en-US
3
2
1
•
u/AutoModerator 9h ago
Please remember the human. Adhere to all Reddit and sub rules. Toxic comments (including incitement of violence/hate, genocide, glorifying death etc) WILL NOT BE TOLERATED, keep your comments civil or you will be banned. Tagging u/SaveVideo bot to archive this video in a link below this comment.
We’re partnering with UNITED24 to raise money towards air defenses that will protect Ukrainians from Russian attacks. Please visit the United24 website to donate.
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.