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It's certainly not the gist of it. You claimed even the BBC says the figures Ukraine give are wildly exaggerated.

The article actually states... Caution is needed wrt the figures.

Other media will add a tagline: although these figures cannot be verified etc...

Unless the BBC know the correct number, they cannot state Ukraine figures are wildly exaggerated, as you claimed.

This is the one thing that boils my piss about the Israelis, since the end of the second world war they've been bleating that 'we must never forget' and 'never again' but then when there's a literal genocidal war being waged in Europe they're suddenly 'what was that we must remember' and 'nothing to see here'

As some other poster mentioned about the Germans, they're incredible self serving / hypocrites / me-feiners

Have Israel supplied any weapons to Ukraine thus far?

Israel is protecting the large Jewish pop in Russia some are connected to families of those who have moved to Israel already.

I think a chief rabbi advised many to leave fearing nazi like treatment ahead.

They are supplying weapons to Poland for Ukraine and Intel on drones, it seems they, Israel are not but companies can AFAIK

On mobilisation I think it will be announced after celebrations finish on the 6th Jan

It will be an anti western save the motherland lies and Kremlin BS

If only the people could awake from there trance like subjugation and realise its just a land grab going horribly wrong.

Nope, tents and MREs is about it.

was there a temp ceasefire during the Christmas period in the 1st or/and 2nd world wars? I wonder will Russia cal, for a ceasefire in respect of the Russian Orthodox Christian celebration on Jan 5th and 6th?

Back in late August an FSB internal memo gave irrevocable losses at 55k if I remember right that is soldiers that were killed or would be er return to active service.

Historically killed to wounded was about 3-1. But wounded is defined as anything from a minor flesh would to a leg or arm shot off.

At best the irrevocable losses are 1-1 dead to seriously wounded. However we know that the Russian medical backup is pitiful.

But assuming it is 1-1 dead to critically wounded the death tolls mid august was nearing 30k. With winter and the Ukrainian advances would have significantly added to that. I be putting the Russian losses at 60k+dead and another 60k serious wounded. However that 120k+figure dead and seriously wounded could be split at a higher death ratio.

They clearly imply that the Ukrainians exaggerate number of Russian dead by claiming to kill dozens or hundreds almost every day, which is sometimes true and sometimes not.

And Ireland?

Most of Western Europe has given sweet fu67 all in all types of aid, but especially military.

America is by far the most generous but in terms of the American defense budget it is a tiny figure so even with fatigue in Washington, which is very unlikely, it will keep coming.

Fatigue was always in Rome, The Hague, Berlin, Vienna and Paris, a bit more makes no difference.

It is not going to set in in Washington, London, Warsaw, the Baltics and they are frankly the only friends that Ukraine can count on from start to finish.

Nice drone drop-

The Dutch government recently announced a big support package for Ukraine.

Now that's what you call "Bang for your Buck" !!! And judging from the mad rush from the building, they knew it was coming.

I said that all types of aid from much of Western Europe has been dire and a pittance to date.

There is more than military aid, the Kiel institute in Germany, one of the oldest economic institutes in Europe, has collated the figure online up to end of November 22 for financial, military and humanitarian.

Lots of small countries in Eastern Europe doing seriously heavy lifting, lot of the richest and strongest in Europe doing token gestures to date across all 3.

Hopefully that will change as the capitals of Western Europe come to accept that Russia can't win and decide to be serious about supporting Ukraine, hopefully.

Brexit has nothing to do with it, they don't control what European Govts spend.

The biggest problem facing Russia even after the the war finishing and sanctions being lifted etc,( normality if you like), will be the same problem that has always handicapped Russia, and that's the endemic corruption. Its like an Eifel Tower that has never had any maintenance and is riddled with rust, and with each storm its chances of collapse grow. Russia is in the middle of one such storm now, and its anyone's guess what will remain standing when it finishes.