There are typically about 5 seriously permanently wounded to 1 dead, and in the case of the Russia, a bit over 2 wounded per 1 dead. The rate is so much lower because many of the soldiers who would end up on the list of wounded end up dying because of the lacking healthcare.

Still: If the million would be dead, there would be 2,5 million seriously permanently injured, and the Russian army would have lost altogether 3,5 million soldiers in dead and wounded. And if 3,5 million had been lost, well, things would look very different.

This proves quite clearly that the number includes also the seriously wounded, and a bit under a third of the number is actual dead.

[–] doo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I read they're now at 1:1.3 for KIA:MIA and not because of lacking healthcare, but they don't bother trying to evacuate the wounded.

[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

KIA:MIA is a different thing, though. Neither of those two numbers includes the wounded.

[–] doo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

My bad. The 1:1.3 is the KIA:WIA ratio. https://www.kyivpost.com/post/61678

Also they're happy to declare MIA because that let's them skip a payment to the widow.

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Good to know. Many of those guys will be maimed physically and psychologically, that's not much of a life. I hear elsewhere that Russia has a grand total of one psych ward for veterans.