The Daily Populous Sunday June 2nd, 2024 evening edition
Authored by pravda.com.ua and submitted by kolbasar

Ukraine's Defence Ministry has reported that Russian forces lost 38,940 troops in May, the highest monthly figure since the beginning of the full-scale war.

Source: Ukraine's Ministry of Defence on X (Twitter)

Quote: "38,940 — russian personnel losses in May 2024.

It's the highest monthly number since the beginning of the full-scale invasion."

Background: UK Defence Intelligence has estimated that the total number of Russian casualties (killed and wounded) since the start of the full-scale war has likely reached 500,000, reflecting the gruelling offensive that Russia continues to wage on a broad front.

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Moist-muff on June 2nd, 2024 at 14:07 UTC »

38,940. Saved you a click

usemyfaceasaurinal on June 2nd, 2024 at 07:19 UTC »

Record number so far…

Anxious_Plum_5818 on June 2nd, 2024 at 07:13 UTC »

In any sane society, such absurd losses would have turned society upside down. Here it seems Russians have really been programmed to accept this as some form of abject reality.