As I've suggested for awhile, there is a worsening of the Russian KIA vs. WIA ratio, due to a lack & systemic breakdown of medical evac, the people and armored vehicles required to do it, wounded not being sent to hospitals, as they go AWOL, used instead in wave assaults, increasing drones w/ multiple strikes on target, etc.

Telenko puts the current KIA vs. WIA ratio as MUCH worse than WW1 levels, with herds of PIGS having learned, Pavlovian-style, that if they hear FPVs, that means food.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 71 points 2 weeks ago

Holy crap. No dystopian science fiction ever came up with that.

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 51 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Jesus fuck I never would have guessed this meant actual pigs

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I guess you never watched "Deadwood"?

[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Wu 🤞 Sweargin

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 2 weeks ago

Nor 'snatch'

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think I started it but it didn't stick for whatever reason

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Razorback as well

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 48 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The 30-50 feral hogs have gone to war and have received military training. America is not ready for their return.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Trump will certainly lift Assault Rifle bans, 'murica is saved!

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Cody needs to do another feral hog episode, doesn't he? We already had swimming and teleporting pigs and now we are getting combat hogs. The revolution will not be televised.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 41 points 2 weeks ago

Jesus fucking Christ if those numbers are close to reality that’s fucking horrific. Fuck rich men and fuck their stupid petty wars. Leave Agamemnon to cry in his fucking tent on his own and go to the beach fuck.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Do you want man-eating pigs? Because that's how you get man-eating pigs!

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 38 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Pretty much any pig is a man eating pig, from my understanding. They've been used to dispose of bodies before.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yes I was making the joke that they would actually be hunting humans for food.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Would not be surprised if some of those bodies of russian soldiers weren't quite corpses yet by the time the pigs got to them.

[–] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Of all the horrid ways to go, this has got to be near the top. Eaten alive by pigs after being abducted by Putins goons and dumped on the battlefield to die with a gun.

[–] Beldarofremulak@discuss.online 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

We need disclaimers and tags to receive humor. Without those everything must be interpreted as negative-serious and most importantly malicious. For joking you would use /j and serious /s

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

Sentence structure sometimes is obvious. "You want ___. Because this is how you get ___" is a known gag format.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Important note: It's pronounced "tin-ih-tus," not "tin-eye-tis." I assume the resemblance to the common medical suffix "-itis," meaning "inflammation of," is the reason it's commonly mispronounced.

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[–] Live_your_lives@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When did /s change from sarcasm to serious, or is your post a joke itself?

[–] Beldarofremulak@discuss.online 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah that's the joke. Apparently it's 4D. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

Pigs are very much omnivores, indeed

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 2 weeks ago

Hence the term 'as greedy as a pig'.

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 weeks ago

I know, they’re gathering like witches at black masses!

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

One can only hope that the war ends in Russia's defeat to stop the senseless loss of lives for the ego of a fat, old man.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Putin's not fat though?

[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 weeks ago

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn't this gonna fuck up the expected new sunflower fields?

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

With pig shit fertilizer? No?

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Won't they eat and destroy the seeds?

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Orcs are more nutritious than seeds. Or actually not, but it's easier to gorge on orc flesh.

Edit also some seeds survive digestion and thus spread

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

also some seeds survive digestion and thus spread

Ya, definitely. In my mind they were already shelled, but that doesn't make sense. With the shell on it might survive.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Is that a decision on the Russian side or does the nature of the war not permit medevac?

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 46 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Anecdotal, but I have seen videos of Ukrainian soldiers evacuating their wounded and even Russian POWs while under active shelling. In one helmet cam video they entered a burning and partially collapsed building under artillery fire to dig a squad member out from under the rubble.

On the other hand, I've seen more than one instance of Russians throwing their own wounded out of moving vehicles to go faster or just straight up shooting each other after an injury.

It essentially boils down to the motivations and relationships within UA's and RU's armies and not to the nature of this war.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I did see more videos of Russians carrying litters in the early stages of the war. Unfortunately that video was recorded from a dropper drone so...

And also the fpv threat is so huge on the front line that nearly every Russian I've seen try to render aid gets hit by a followup drone. And that's to say nothing about evac logistics.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Seems deliberate. Russia does not value soldier's lives. As the OP said, they had better WIA evac in friggin' WW1! Certainly, if it was just the nature of the war, Ukraine would be sporting similar numbers.

[–] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 15 points 2 weeks ago

Orcs cost rubles, the dead cost nothing.

[–] 5190tent@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I think it's the (fear of) drones. Most russian troops don't have any effective detection or countermeasures against them. Artillery hits are often followed up by drone attacks and Ukrainian infantry also heavily relies on reconnaissance and support from drones.

There are so many videos from the early stages of the war starting with a single russian soldier getting wounded by artillery, a drone grenade, mine or sniper. Attempts to rescue them then lead to more and more drone casualties. Getting stuck in this situation then makes it a matter of time before artillery, more drones, or Ukrainian ground troops show up to finish the job.

The result are panicked retreats where everyone tries to save themselves. The general lack of training and resources probably doesn't help either.

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

Just because a soldier ist dead, does not mean he does not recieve pay....

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

Guess the russians are learning what a nemesis is

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

So, pigs eat humans? I had no idea it went both ways.

[–] Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake series has entered the chat.