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> But who has access to this stuff who wants to help Russia and harm Ukraine? This leak is not helping Russia and harming Ukraine. In fact, it is confirming th
by tetromino_ 4y ago
> But who has access to this stuff who wants to help Russia and harm Ukraine?
This leak is not helping Russia and harming Ukraine. In fact, it is confirming that Russian losses are
high both in absolute terms and relative to Ukrainian ones, that the Russian offensive is going nowhere, and that the Russian security apparatus is thoroughly penetrated by American hackers or moles.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> This leak is not helping Russia and harming Ukraine. In fact, it is confirming that Russian losses are high both in absolute terms and relative to Ukrainian ones The (originally leaked) casualty figures were modified to say the opposite, actually. From the article: “Military analysts say they believe the original versions of the documents were slightly altered in some instances. “For example, one chart puts the Ukrainian death toll at around 71,000, a figure considered plausible. However, the chart also lists the Russian fatalities at 16,000 to 17,500.” (There was a subsequent counter-‘leak’ version that had specific different casualty figures that had higher Russian casualties and claimed to be the original figures, but who knows whether that was what it claimed or just another opposed propaganda op.)
- goatsi 4y agoThe 71k Ukrainian KIA version was posted on 4chan after the 17.5k Ukrainian KIA version was posted there first, it's the counter version. It also has some pretty laughable numbers on it that are clearly just from photo-shopping the first version to retain the font (Russia only losing 600 vehicles and 8 helicopters).
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