Has Von der Leyen issued a retraction or explainer of the erroneous figure? Or is this just speculation?
Sometimes you are better off not mentioning numbers and causualties in war
She have just given the Russian propaganda machine another excuse to keep fighting
You would have expected a bit more professionalism from the head of the EU.
Talk about throwing petrol on the fire
That is certtainly the case, however in the last week, I have seen that official recruiting efforts have started.
The problem with Africa is political stability - you don't want a lovely modern tech manufacturing plant attacked by rebels, pirates or adventurers. Even the more stable countries like Egypt have been rocked relatively recently. Morocco or Senegal maybe.
We've seen much more than 9000 graves in war cemeteries, thats for sure
Ukraine has largely refrained from giving casualty figures. But in August, the armed forces' commander-in-chief, Valeriy Zaluzhniy, was quoted in Ukrainian media saying 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers had died so far.
Your 100% right they did have to stop it. They just wanted more people who already had military experience. I suppose if it gets really bad then people who already volunteered and were told we did not need you might be reconsidered. It will be interesting come the spring to see what way both armies are like then and what punishment both have taken over the winter months. If Ukraine can deliver about 2 killer blows come the spring time that is when Russia might fold but if they can't i can see this war dragging on into 2024 sadly.
Have you seen 100,000 Ukrainian funerals .
Because nobody on here has ,
Plenty of nations in Africa too. Though the reasons Apple are moving towards India are cheaper labour costs, an educated labour force and government sweeteners. South Africa had wooed them too, but labour is actually more expensive there. Somewhere like Malaysia would be too pricey.
Vietnam, Thailand or Malaysia.
Unlike Russia, I don't think Ukraine has any recruitment problems, if I remember right, earlier on they had so many volunteers that they had to stop the recruitment as they were unable to process the nrs applying.
The grim statistics say that thousands of Ukrainians are reaching the age of 16 every week, so they can be called up.
And even if it DID lose 100'000 officers, where is the " part-mobilization" of 300'000 replacements, which Russian introduced to replace losses far less than 100'000? Nope, I don't believe for one minute that Ukraine has lost 100'000 soldiers, there's a mix-up somewhere along the line.
Given the nature of corporate lobbying in the US, its far more likely that Tim Cook whispers in the presidents ear than the reverse.
Tim Cook actually had the galll to tell the US Senate that Apple complies not just with the letter of the law, when it comes to tax, but with the spirit of it also. With the US corporate tax rate at the time of 35% and Apple saying it's Irish abetted tax avoidance scheme enabled it to only pay somewhere around 2% tax on it's EU derived sales, how do you get off claiming you are abiding by the spirit?
Which is why I suggested Biden whisper in Tim's ear, to give him the incentive to go against his base nature and explain the real politik to Modi.
100,000 killed also likely lost in translation for casualties (which some automatically think as killed).
Tbf it's better American companies move their operations to India instead of china. Any other alternatives?
Perhaps someone typed an extra zero on her briefing notes. Given the recent uncovering of the Russian agent (Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov) trying to get into the Hague court and the uncovering of those two sleepers in Sweden, and Norway's Russian drone man, I'd say the EU commission is riddled with Orclings. More realistically, it looks like she is just slavishly repeating that US general's guesstimate.
I'd say the actual figure might be around 26,000.
Currently, the ratio of losses between Ukrainian and Russian forces in the south amid Kyiv's counteroffensive operation is approximately 1 to 6.5. That ratio could go up to 1 Ukrainian soldier to 8 Russian troops if the war reaches its critical point, Ukraine's Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said, citing the Commander of Operational Command South Andrii Kovalchuk.
"Andriy Trohimovich told interesting facts about the demoralization of enemy units in the south and increasing enemy losses. The loss rate is about 1 to 6.5. According to him, the critical limit of the loss ratio is 1 to 8, after which the enemy army will psychologically 'fall apart,'" Maliar wrote in a Facebook post.
https://www.ibtimes.com/russia-losing-big-time-southern-ukraine-loss-rate-about-1-65-3624607
As if Apple have any morals - they are firmly on the side of profit and nothing else.
Sure they collaborate with the Chinese authorities to quell dissent and hamper protestors' abilities to share content (airdrop limited to 10mins, only in china lol). They are happy to work with authoritarian regimes so long as they get cheap manufacturing for their iphones and macs.
The officers part sounds like something lost in translation - probably meant all enlisted soldiers.
Even using the post-soviet definition of an officer being anyone who graduated from a military school/academy, 100k is still a lot.
Sure we had posters on here going on before about how the 3:1 ratio of wounded to dead was unrealistic in this conflict. With Ukrainian soldiers getting hospital treatment in mainland Europe their own healthcare system is certainly under pressure.
Speaking of circumvention of sanctions, those wretched Indians are at it again:
NEW DELHI, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Moscow has sent India a list of more than 500 products for potential delivery including parts for cars, aircraft and trains, four sources familiar with the matter said, as sanctions squeeze Russia's ability to keep vital industries running... Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has not joined Western countries in openly criticising Moscow for the war in Ukraine, and has sharply increased purchases of Russian oil that have cushioned it from some of the impact of sanctions... The list of items from Russia, which runs to nearly 14 pages, includes car engine parts like pistons, oil pumps and ignition coils. There is also demand for bumpers, seatbelts and infotainment systems.
For aircraft and helicopters, Russia requested 41 items including landing gear components, fuel systems, communication systems and fire extinguishing systems, life jackets and aviation tyres.
Perhaps Biden should have a whisper in Tim Cooks ear about the US government sanctioning all goods made in India, just as Apple look likely to transfer a good bit more of their iPhone manufacturing to India, and then Tim can have a whisper in Modi's tone deaf ear about consequenses.
It all must be acutely embarrasing for Kamala Harris. Perhaps she should loudly rebuke that smug and smarmy Modi. It's increasingly looking inappropriate for India to be in the Quad grouping and Australia should say something to that effect.
The statement didn't make sense for starters as Ukraine doesn't have 100,000 officers. That might be semantics, but her claim is false in one aspect for sure at least.
Which you would wonder that's why the release statement was deleted. I suppose you will only know if Ukrainian military is in complete dire straights is if they stop sending military personnel to be trained in other countries like the 10k they are doing and have them all brought back into the country to fight the Russians and none are been trained abroad as there all needed on the front lines. If that doesn't happen then Ukraine are managing as they can release these away from Ukraine for a period of time.
Well, they may as well fly them there. They sure as fuk can't fly them over Ukraine without becoming fire work displays.
100k dead couldn't be possible. It would mean there are another 300k wounded/missing/captured. That is most of the Ukrainian army. The war would already be over if this number was true.
They can put all costs incurred in this war started by Russia on the reparations tab. They could afford to start the war, they can afford to pay for it.
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Trillions? Again, you've no idea what you're talking about. I suspect your unreasonable outrage toward the Ukrainians is directly proportional to your sympathy for Vlad and his gang for their crusade against the 'woke' and liberals. No prizes for guessing where your sympathies lie.
or perhaps its the real figure but they weren't supposed to release it?
Oh Dear someone didn't fact check or something clearly got lost in translation
She deleted that statement-
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