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> It won't last, because it depends on maintenance of a paper thin veil on reality which again the body bags tears a hole in. According to some sources (possib
by vegai_ 5y ago
> It won't last, because it depends on maintenance of a paper thin veil on reality which again the body bags tears a hole in.
According to some sources (possibly biased), Putin seems to have fixed this potential problem by leaving all the Russian bodies in Ukraine.
- jaclaz 5y ago>Putin seems to have fixed this potential problem by leaving all the Russian bodies in Ukraine. Surely this will slow down the news, and surely it will limit the psychological impact but if there are actually (as reported by some sources) several thousands of Russian soldiers dead, before or later it will come out, I doubt that families will accept silently their losses.
- ggm 5y agoYes. This says it succinctly. The attrition rate is above that normally considered acceptable in the west. Make some allowances for a harsher regime (Russian cadets die from hazing far too often) but for the families, nothing is bringing their boys home. Putin can't fix this. He can only lose support from this war.
- webmaven 5y agoUnfortunately, there is a lot more an autocratic regime can do to obscure the fatalities, or at least their circumstances. At some point, only a surviving fellow soldier disobeying orders to inform the family can pierce the veil of secrecy.