I think this is far more believable than the 7,000 - 15,000 the United States Ministry of Propaganda claims.
Edit: I'd also like to add that the fact they can't narrow it down any closer than a spread of 8,000 casualties seems incredibly amateurish, and just plain not credible. They can do whatever they want with numbers they made up. Why not make them more believable?
7000-15000 casualties seems perfectly realistic. A bit low, if anything.
The problem is in definitions of words. To a layperson, a casualty is a dead body. To a military or disaster expert, a casualty is someone with a cut on their arm.
15k injured Russians is plenty believable. They just make sure to word it in such a way that it SEEMS like they're saying something completely different.
The worst part is they didn't read the article or failed to think about it. BBC Russia's list isn't meant to be every single Russian soldier who's died - it's the dead who have been identified in reports the journalists were able to obtain. Those who haven't been identified yet or whose deaths were noted in reports not available to journalists wouldn't be counted. 557 is the minimum possible and, as you've explained, unlikely to be the real number.
I think this is far more believable than the 7,000 - 15,000 the United States Ministry of Propaganda claims.
Edit: I'd also like to add that the fact they can't narrow it down any closer than a spread of 8,000 casualties seems incredibly amateurish, and just plain not credible. They can do whatever they want with numbers they made up. Why not make them more believable?
7000-15000 casualties seems perfectly realistic. A bit low, if anything.
The problem is in definitions of words. To a layperson, a casualty is a dead body. To a military or disaster expert, a casualty is someone with a cut on their arm.
15k injured Russians is plenty believable. They just make sure to word it in such a way that it SEEMS like they're saying something completely different.
No, you drooling imbecile. A casualty is someone who has been injured and the injury caused them to become combat ineffective.
Also, the ratio of injured to dead is typically 3:1, so even 15,000 casualties would imply ~5000 dead.
The worst part is they didn't read the article or failed to think about it. BBC Russia's list isn't meant to be every single Russian soldier who's died - it's the dead who have been identified in reports the journalists were able to obtain. Those who haven't been identified yet or whose deaths were noted in reports not available to journalists wouldn't be counted. 557 is the minimum possible and, as you've explained, unlikely to be the real number.