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Those are official stats from Ukrainian Armed Forces, and they are absolutely realistic, even if approximate. If you're in doubt, follow Bellingcat, OSINTtechni

Those are official stats from Ukrainian Armed Forces, and they are absolutely realistic, even if approximate. If you're in doubt, follow Bellingcat, OSINTtechnical and people like Christo Grozev who coordinate open source intelligence / confirmation based on available photos / videos. They mostly confirm those numbers.

phtrivier 5y ago
Thanks for the pointers. I have the "living in peace-time democracy" luxury of taking "official" figures with a grain of salt - but I'm pretty sure your government is waaaaaay behind Moscow's one as far as propaganda is concerned. Again, thanks and good luck.
spywaregorilla 5y ago
How about the one off battle stats? There seem to keep being reports of hundreds of vehicles destroyed in singular events. These don't seem to be reflected in the totals even days later though. I'm not clear on whether its because they don't actually have the capacity to count this stuff or if its partially bluster.
- mourner 5y ago
  Some individual accounts may be exaggerated, but totals are already pretty severe. A lot of stuff isn’t counted too.
  - spywaregorilla 5y ago
    What's the most useful thing that can be done for support if you're just some rando on the other side of the world with money?
    - mourner 5y ago
      Donate here https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/donate https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/donate, stop supporting the Russian economy and reject their products, rally local leaders to strengthen economic sanctions and increase Ukrainian support.
      - billdouble 5y ago
        Hi mourner , When I visit the website you gave https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/ https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/ My computer's antivirus gave me a warning that it is an unreliable website. However , via wikipedia , I found this https://comebackalive.org.ua/ https://comebackalive.org.ua/ Perhaps I should donate to .org.ua instead of .in.ua ? Please advise. Thanks.
        mourner 5y ago
        The canonical link is https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/ https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/, but the others seem to have the same donation info, so they should be legit.
        billdouble 5y ago
        mourner, I hope you and your family are well. I think https://comebackalive.org.ua https://comebackalive.org.ua is a phishing website, which has now appeared on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Back_Alive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Back_Alive It was created a few weeks ago in 2022, unlike https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/ https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/ which was created 7 years ago. Also, I cannot find comebackalive.org.ua being referenced anywhere on their old website https://savelife.in.ua/ https://savelife.in.ua/ Perhaps you could use your connenctions to tell them somebody is impersonating them for phishing purposes?
    - david422 5y ago
      NPR has some links: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/25/1082992947/ukraine-support-help https://www.npr.org/2022/02/25/1082992947/ukraine-support-he...

phtrivier 5y ago

Thanks for the pointers. I have the "living in peace-time democracy" luxury of taking "official" figures with a grain of salt - but I'm pretty sure your government is waaaaaay behind Moscow's one as far as propaganda is concerned. Again, thanks and good luck.

spywaregorilla 5y ago

How about the one off battle stats? There seem to keep being reports of hundreds of vehicles destroyed in singular events. These don't seem to be reflected in the totals even days later though. I'm not clear on whether its because they don't actually have the capacity to count this stuff or if its partially bluster.

mourner 5y ago
Some individual accounts may be exaggerated, but totals are already pretty severe. A lot of stuff isn’t counted too.
- spywaregorilla 5y ago
  What's the most useful thing that can be done for support if you're just some rando on the other side of the world with money?
  - mourner 5y ago
    Donate here https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/donate https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/donate, stop supporting the Russian economy and reject their products, rally local leaders to strengthen economic sanctions and increase Ukrainian support.
    - billdouble 5y ago
      Hi mourner , When I visit the website you gave https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/ https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/ My computer's antivirus gave me a warning that it is an unreliable website. However , via wikipedia , I found this https://comebackalive.org.ua/ https://comebackalive.org.ua/ Perhaps I should donate to .org.ua instead of .in.ua ? Please advise. Thanks.
      - mourner 5y ago
        The canonical link is https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/ https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/, but the others seem to have the same donation info, so they should be legit.
        billdouble 5y ago
        mourner, I hope you and your family are well. I think https://comebackalive.org.ua https://comebackalive.org.ua is a phishing website, which has now appeared on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Back_Alive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Back_Alive It was created a few weeks ago in 2022, unlike https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/ https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/ which was created 7 years ago. Also, I cannot find comebackalive.org.ua being referenced anywhere on their old website https://savelife.in.ua/ https://savelife.in.ua/ Perhaps you could use your connenctions to tell them somebody is impersonating them for phishing purposes?
  - david422 5y ago
    NPR has some links: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/25/1082992947/ukraine-support-help https://www.npr.org/2022/02/25/1082992947/ukraine-support-he...