It's worded in such a way as to be meaningless - half of what? The original number of Russian soldiers, the original number plus Wagner and other extra troops, the current number deployed with/without mercenaries? Plus Russia's numbers don't look like US numbers, don't quite look like Ukraines numbers.
That said heres the first source I found:
Russia’s military casualties, the officials said, are approaching 300,000. The number includes as many as 120,000 deaths and 170,000 to 180,000 injured troops. The Russian numbers dwarf the Ukrainian figures, which the officials put at close to 70,000 killed and 100,000 to 120,000 wounded.
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Russia has almost triple that number, with 1,330,000 active-duty, reserve and paramilitary troops — most of the latter from the Wagner Group.
Those numbers refer to the current number of deployed and undeployed Russian soldiers plus mercenaries, which is clearly not the numbers the ad is using.
To be clear, I fully support Ukraine and fully support the US guaranteeing missile manufacturers that we will buy new missiles even if the war ends tomorrow to incentivise greater production. I just think the ad played with the numbers until they said what we want them to say.
The sidewalks are really dangerous where I am, where they are super uneven, have “artistic” curves, and trees that are overhanging really low so like will hit my body....
I'll be much more irritated if you're on the sidewalk. It's more dangerous for pedestrians and for you. When you're biking you expect to have to pass people whether it's because they're a slower cyclist or using a escooter. My old apartment had an exit at a blind corner and dealing with escooter riders on the sidewalk was hellish. I would pull out slowly so that pedestrians had plenty of time to stop, but when scooters became popular I had to start creating forward at a painfully slow pace because people going bike speeds somehow thought it was okay to be on the sidewalk.
Chromecast doesn't work on most hotels WiFi anyway. At least it won't work if they have a page to sign into the WiFi after connecting. Pretty much have to use a HDMI cable in most cases
I’m helping a friend of mine writing a long essay exposing the abusive, monopolistic and anti-consumer practices of Microsoft. First, we’ve created some sort of table of contents with the different topics we want to cover and now we’re gathering sources for each of these topics....
Wait... I'm only 3 years into it. Is SCCM the direct predecessor of AAD/EID? I follow the SCCM group on Reddit because they usually have good opinions on updates, but have never understood what the fuck they actually did.
So, just finished reading an article on WaPo about fireflies/lightening bugs and got me thinking further... Car headlights suck. They mess up our night vision when we pass another dickhead running white/blue lights. We mess up the habit(at) of many animals/bugs. So why not red lights? My hiking/camping headlamp has a...
There is a very real possibility that it will be designed in such a way that it's initially federated, but will slowly get to a point where they can see mastodon posts but mastodon can't see their posts. (Adding non-activitypub features and standards) All the benefit of having an already active userbase with none of the work for organic growth, and none of the downsides of competition in the long term.
GENEVA, July 4 (Reuters) - Temperatures are expected to soar across large parts of the world after the El Nino weather pattern emerged in the tropical Pacific for the first time in seven years, the World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday....
If this really is your primary reason, talk to your partner about adoption or foster care. There's no guilt but you can still have all the wonderful things
Did Sherman ever face Lee? I think of Lee being in Virginia and DC while I only know of Sherman in Georgia and the Carolinas. I assumed the main factor effecting the numbers is general McClellan
A lot of movies, especially horror movies (I’m watching one now) depict blind people as not having pupils. But my understanding, based on blind people I’ve met, is that the problem is usually in the lens or the retina, and that they have pupils the same as everyone else. Are there actually blind people out there whose eyes...
Yep. The standard Hollywood eyes are pretty close to how my dad's look. Only Hollywood tends to do grey while his are a very pale blue. I didn't actually learn he technically had brown eyes until I was in my late teens.
If I create a magazine on kbin, and kbin dies or becomes something I don't want to be a part of can I make an instance and federate with kbin without their permission to get my magazine history before moving it?
They never admit they were just wrong (i.imgur.com)
"We've used 5% of our defense budget to arm Ukraine. And with it, they've destroyed 50% of Putin's army." - Ad targeted to Republicans to support Ukraine (streamable.com)
Bike Riders of lemmy, you okay with me riding my eScooter in the bike lane?
The sidewalks are really dangerous where I am, where they are super uneven, have “artistic” curves, and trees that are overhanging really low so like will hit my body....
Brought my Chromecast with Google TV to a Hotel, TV is framed. (lemmy.world)
Fuck my prior preparation day with the Chromecast with Google TV before the hotel checking…...
Why do you hate Microsoft?
I’m helping a friend of mine writing a long essay exposing the abusive, monopolistic and anti-consumer practices of Microsoft. First, we’ve created some sort of table of contents with the different topics we want to cover and now we’re gathering sources for each of these topics....
privatization of water.... (feddit.de)
meow_irl (sopuli.xyz)
LGBTQIA++ (lemmy.zip)
Disclaimer: I’m not making fun of queer people, I’m making fun of the acronym.
His newest discovery (lemmy.world)
I’m interested! (reddthat.com)
Daemonized rule (discuss.tchncs.de)
OC Car Headlights - Why not red?
So, just finished reading an article on WaPo about fireflies/lightening bugs and got me thinking further... Car headlights suck. They mess up our night vision when we pass another dickhead running white/blue lights. We mess up the habit(at) of many animals/bugs. So why not red lights? My hiking/camping headlamp has a...
AmeriRule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Meta to launch its new Threads app this week as Twitter falls apart (9to5mac.com)
Twitter users have been facing a lot of issues over the past few months, but things got even worse last...
Temperatures seen surging as El Nino weather pattern returns (www.reuters.com)
GENEVA, July 4 (Reuters) - Temperatures are expected to soar across large parts of the world after the El Nino weather pattern emerged in the tropical Pacific for the first time in seven years, the World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday....
Grant vs. Lee? No comparison (lemmy.world)
Plot plotted (lemmy.world)
Never eat gas station sushi, and other dining tips (i.ibb.co)
Are there actually blind people without pupils, or is that a Hollywood thing?
A lot of movies, especially horror movies (I’m watching one now) depict blind people as not having pupils. But my understanding, based on blind people I’ve met, is that the problem is usually in the lens or the retina, and that they have pupils the same as everyone else. Are there actually blind people out there whose eyes...
Is federation a one way or two way relationship?
If I create a magazine on kbin, and kbin dies or becomes something I don't want to be a part of can I make an instance and federate with kbin without their permission to get my magazine history before moving it?
I aM vErY sMaRt (feddit.de)
She gave me 3
Another of my older memes [OC] (ttrpg.network)
He ate the kings of Faerun and he fought heroes historical, from Do’urden to Elminster in order catagorical!
What is Kbin? (and how does it interact with Lemmy) (lemmy.ml)
Only heard of it recently is it another federated platform like Lemmy or pixelfed?