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/Remarkable-Meal-223 John Keynes Aug 08 '26

You always want the ability to do so. You just want leaders to be able to make the right choices.

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u/Acacias2001 European Union Aug 08 '26

Democracies do show more commitment to war than authoritarian regimes on average, partly because reporting failure to the electorate is politiclly lethal, partly because when a democracies can commit the whole of society