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Kojo's avatar

Why have NONE of the US media posed questions to the president and to Elon Musk regarding the supposed "Department of Government Eifficiency"?

Does no one in the media ask what is the "efficiency" in burning off hundreds of millions of dollars on carrier groups and airborne wings from Diego Garcia.....to ENSURE CONTINUATION of a genocidal attack on Palestinians.....which is itself costing the US tens of billions of dollars in cash and weapons?

What on earth is the point of the media if they wont even ask elementary questions like this?

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Lux Aeterna's avatar

Both Andrey Martianov and Simplicius claim that the losses ratio for the duration of the entire SMO is approximately 10-12:1.

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YesXorNo's avatar

In Simplicius' most recent, he suggests less than 10. My gut feel is between 6 and 7 : 1.

Less than 150 K Russian dead for around 900 K Ukrainian is 6 and a bit : 1.

The end result is the same, a tragic hole in Ukrainian demographics.

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Lux Aeterna's avatar

This from Simplicius’ latest:

“I’ve been covering every exchange since last year, and last time we had the ratio as follows:

Russian losses: 429 Ukrainian losses: 4,304 Ratio: 10.03 to 1

Now we add to it today’s numbers, and get:

Russian losses: 464 Ukrainian losses: 5,213 Ratio: 11.24 to 1

Note the Russians actually got 35 military bodies, the remaining 8 were civilian.”

https://substack.com/inbox/post/160010408

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YesXorNo's avatar

And read on:

As jarring as the disparity might seem, I obviously do not realistically think the KIA ratio is quite that lopsided in reality

:)

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Lux Aeterna's avatar

Well, let’s say that everyone has a right to an opinion, and that Simplicius has been wrong before :) Besides, unlike Martyanov, Simplicius simply makes uncorroborated assumptions on “possible” or “eventual” Russian losses well above MediaZona’s confirmed numbers.

It’s very difficult to know the real numbers in the clownish-propaganda-world of today, where “guesstimates” of Russian losses run from conservative 70 000 to wild “Western” wet dreams of 700 000 KIA’d Russian troops. At least Martyanov is consistent with his holding on to official/confirmed/corroborated numbers, and those numbers point to a kill ratio of 11,1.

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Lux Aeterna's avatar

Watch Martyanov’s latest interview with Glenn Diesen from a few days ago, highly recommended! :)

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