bbc is brit, the brits just lie out of their arses about russia.  they don't lie as badly as ukrainians , you need to divide ukrainian numbers by 10.  you can safely divide brit numbers by 3 to 5.  this will mean not 1500  > 1500/ 5 = 300 casualties daily. > 700k / 5 = 140k total losses that would be accurate enough.
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