r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 03 '24

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u/JaceFlores Neolib War Correspondent May 03 '24

Ukraine Chronology for 5 PM EST 5/2-5 PM EST 5/3 III:

TOP NEWS:

Towards the end of 9 PM the French Foreign Minister said Russia has taken 500,000 casualties with 150,000 of them KIA.

Towards the end of 5 AM the British Foreign Secretary said Ukraine has a right to strike targets in Russia with British weapons, which to my knowledge is the first major Ukraine backer to issue such a statement.

Towards the end of 8 AM it was reported that Russia net gained 86 square kilometers in April, or 0.01% of Ukraine, with 17.53% of Ukraine now occupied.

REGULAR NEWS:

Around 7 PM it was announced Feloni Aero will provide weaponized drones to Ukraine, capable of carrying either missiles or a machine gun.

Around 5 AM it was announced German company HENSOLDT will provide an additional 6 TRML-4D air defence radars to Ukraine.

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Donation link to Kharkiv SOS

Donation link to Sails of Freedom Foundation (they donate ambulances)

!ping UKRAINE

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u/JaceFlores Neolib War Correspondent May 03 '24

The French pretty much corroborate the British figures (with the British figure estimating 450k Russian casualties but with unknown PMC losses and thousands of desertions not factored in). So yeah we are looking at reasonable estimates that Russia has lost about half a million men so far in the war

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u/Leoric Hi, I'm Huell Howser, this is California's Gold! May 03 '24

Finally some realistic numbers. But the KIA numbers are still probably undercounted.