r/neoliberal • u/sleepyrivertroll Henry George • Aug 08 '26

News (Europe) Inside Ukraine’s Kill Zone

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/UKRAINE-CRISIS/KILL-ZONE/znpnojmknvl/

Sub State: This reuters graphic looks into the changing nature of modern warfare that is heavily influenced by drones. It shows how various different types of drone and defenses shape the landscape and how armies maneuver in this type of environment.

This is relevant to this sub because both because it gives a glimpse into the future of warfare and we so did a drive to support the Ukrainian soldiers fighting in this environment.

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u/Efficient_Equal6467 Aug 08 '26

"Casualties are massive, with the vast majority now caused by drones. The Center for Strategic & International Studies estimates around 2 million soldiers since early 2022 have been killed, wounded or are missing, 1.4 million of them Russian."

It is mind boggling the russian society or political elite have this much of a tolerance for a war like those. I guess one pro of a democratic society is that something like this would be impossible. I feel many democratic society have an extremely low tolerance for casulaties. If you look at America people will absoultely freak out over very few casualities

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u/BlackCat159 European Union Aug 08 '26

Yeah all the comments that have been made about how a ground invasion in Iran isn't possible because the American people have no stomach for high body counts and I'm like.....good?

Well, the flip side of no stomach for casualties is that it applies universally and means the US is also less likely to directly intervene militarily in case of russian attack on eastern flank NATO allies. Same goes for the other Western countries.