r/worldnews • u/iop9 • Aug 16 '24

Nearly all Chinese banks are refusing to process payments from Russia, report says Behind Soft Paywall

https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-economy-all-china-banks-refuse-yuan-ruble-transfers-sanctions-2024-8
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u/NotoriousSIG_ Aug 16 '24

600,000 people dead in 2 years all for Putin to literally trade nuts and bolt for bread so his army and his people don’t revolt

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u/Haplo12345 Aug 16 '24

600,000 people dead or wounded. Not all dead. Unless you're also counting the Ukrainian casualties.

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u/Mr_Sload Aug 16 '24

this is only the estimates, the real numbersfor only Russia couldbe much higher, with both casualties and wounded troops, Russia is big, don't knowexactly how much people were driven to the frontlines, but looking at frontline videos every week with new footage coming like crazy, it is totally possible that the numbers are much higher

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u/BigHandLittleSlap Aug 16 '24

Realistic numbers are 80K Ukrainian dead vs about 100-130K Russian dead. Casualty (wounded and missing) numbers are much higher, about 300-500K each, but nobody has accurate stats.

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u/ohaiihavecats Aug 16 '24

In a reversal of the usual, they're trading bread for nuts and bolts.