(#5109) More than 125,000 Russian troops have died in Ukraine.

      Whether Russian army or to a lesser extent, mercenaries, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has become a killing field instead. More than 125,000 Russian military men have met their deaths since February 24, 2022. Few in their right minds could have predicted this since the invasion first began. Yet of the approximate 150,000 amassed troops on the Ukrainian border just prior to invasion less than 25,000 still exist. At the current rate of Russian liquidation on Ukrainian soil another 25,000 soldiers only have a little over a month left to live. Russia is losing this invasion and yet will not stop their attempted invasion. Their parts for war machines are hard to get and their stockpiles are rapidly being depleted.
     On the part of the Ukrainian forces only about a tenth of what the Russian total is dying, about 12,500 Ukrainian soldiers, because they are fighting on home ground and are much more motivated to kill their invaders. With the addition of western arms and the sanctions on Russia the tide has turned toward Ukraine and victory for Ukraine has become the more likely outcome. Nowhere in Ukraine are the Russians advancing with any significance and if anything they are finding their current defensive positions less secure. An onslaught of western tanks and other offensive weapons like artillery and planes are also about to be unleashed on the battlefield so any current position of Russian control will find itself tenuous at best.
     If Russia does not find a way to surrender then death is what awaits them. The western weapons and Ukrainian resolve are not beatable for Russia. If Russia continues this self destruction then come what may. More people will die and although that is heart breaking it is also significant in this way. Russia is removing itself as a feared nation. They are cracking under the jaws of death Ukraine is forcing upon them. As Russia goes down as a tepid superpower there remains now only China and the Chinese leadership seem to be of the same failed logic as the Russians. By the end of this decade there may well be only one superpower left in the world and that being we here in the US along with our strong unwavering allies.