Talk:Ukraine war casualties

August 19 Members of militias Donetsk and Lugansk national republics includes 19-23 thousand people, they are opposed 48-52 thousand Ukrainian military, said in a daily summary of the militia.

http://translate.yandex.net/tr-url/ru-en.en/vz.ru/news/2014/8/19/701132.html

oops this page sort of started itself KatKan (talk) 19:05, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
 * No worries - a good page to have. My first adds were a bit rough (copies) but now it's rolling (thanks CE) --Caustic Logic (talk) 23:39, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

For a section on nature of casualties, or something - I think we should cover that:
 * Yandex translated situation report:
 * 5. The Donetsk is controlled by the militia, a frontal assault from the West is hardly possible, and from North and South, the junta has got stuck in the battles for the transfer and Yasinovataya. In General, the city is now covered with shells and missiles attacks are openly terrorist in nature and aimed at the destruction of the civilian population and the development of a humanitarian catastrophe.

Is this not a better definion of terrorist, in nature, than anything the Kiev junta has come up with to support it's description of the federalists? --Caustic Logic (talk) 23:39, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Rebels: " american mercenary killed" "Franko", apparently Ukrainian diaspora, possible Canadian accent suggested, Battalion "Donbass" 20.08.2014 - 4:23  --Chingachgook (talk) 01:22, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Rebels: Battalion Shaktersk (Ukraine AF): 2 killed, 6 wounded under Ilovaisk (Иловайск) --Chingachgook (talk) 01:29, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Daily casualties?

 * Sergey Bobkov @sbobkov 1:32 AM - 20 Aug 2014
 * ''All fighting near #Donetsk today cost #Ukrainian troops 483 KIA and 700+ WIA, per radio communication intercepts. #ATO #DNR

72nd Brigade

 * Interrogation of a Ukrainian POW conscript – ENG SUBS
 * ''The real losses of the 72nd Brigade were never announced. They spoke about 100 men, but in reality the whole brigade was exterminated. Besides those who surrendered.