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Sars Cov 2 … the grinder continues to eat away at resources and humanity.
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The man in the video is quoting Russian KIA estimates for Ukrainian soldiers. US estimates are 100 KIA daily, with 100 - 300 WIA. No estimate on captured.
Also, the Ukrainian KIA rate was lower and the Russian KIA rate higher when the war first started, but Ukraine's rate has grown rapidly over the past few weeks. So it's a mistake to use the calculation of 500 or 1,000 per day since the beginning of the war. Kyiv's official statement of total KIA since the war began is 10,000. So the average would be approximately 100 KIA per day since February 24th.
Allowing for propaganda on both sides, with the Russians highballing KIA rates and US/Ukraine lowballing KIA rates, I would say that a figure of approximately 50% of the stats quoted in the video is probably more accurate.
As for his claim that Lithuania has cut off rail access between Russia and Kaliningrad, that is a huge exaggeration. Lithuania has stated that it will ban the transit of materials covered by EU sanctions against Russia, which is not a blanket ban as implied by the man in the video. Now, this is still a situation that Russia is not going to like, since the ban covers coal and construction material. But it's not as bad as he makes it out to be. Roughly about half the goods transported between Russia and Kaliningrad are still allowed transit.
The man in the video quite obviously hates the Biden administration with a passion, so while it may or may not be true that he is receiving no monetary compensation from his YouTube channel, he still has a clear political agenda which must be taken into account when analyzing his statements.
I'd rate the accuracy of his statements as questionable and his bias as moderate-right. I could post further analysis of his statements, but I think I've made my point.
Quoting: Riff-Raff Up to 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers are being killed or wounded each day in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, with 200 to 500 killed on average and many more wounded, a top Ukrainian official said on Wednesday [ link to www.axios.com (secure)] The article says "up to 1,000", with an average of 200 to 500 "killed or wounded." That high figure *might* be the case over the past couple of weeks, but it certainly was not that high early in the war. thanks riff and guy for your insights--I follow him because he's in Ukraine and actually was arrested by the ukie secret police.... my big concern was him implying escalation of hostilities to include the US mainland if things go south in Lithuania... BC, it's not just Lithuania. If things go south with any NATO country and Russia, hostilities will likely end up including CONUS. Personally, I think it's a matter of "when," not "if," but I don't think it's as imminent as the guy in that video implies. I appreciate the fact that he's on the ground in Ukraine; Raffette has a friend with family members in Ukraine I sometimes obtain information from (hint: it's much worse on the ground for civilians than anyone in the media is portraying). But anytime a source starts using phrases like "the _________ administration wants war with _____________," they lose credibility because their observations are tainted through the lenses of their own political bias. The larger the bias, the more tainted their observations, the less credibility they have. What sucks is that people like him probably do have some more accurate observations and information than MSM, and he might even be correct on some of the things he's saying. But his credibility is shot because he made it politically partisan. Is he hostile to the Biden administration in his other videos? That will tell you a lot right there.
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