• Gordon Calhoun@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I would imagine Agent Orange and severe PTSD-induced homelessness or suicide should also contribute to that number.

    • Tuukka R@sopuli.xyz
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      5 hours ago

      They don’t count as military losses. This isn’t a statistic about Russian suffering. This a statistic about how many soldiers the Russian military has lost from its ranks. PTSD doesn’t remove a soldier from the ranks.