POLL: Is the Ukrainian military lying about its casualties?

[Superboy]

They say Ukrainian soldiers have been bombed by 122 mm artillery in the past 24 hours, no lethal casualties, 1 wounded. How is that possible? Even terminators would get ripped apart by 122 mm artillery.

Therefore, I think yes, the Ukrainian military is lying about its casualties because otherwise morale would crash.

 

[The Silent One]

Of course they're lying. It's normal.

They're fighting a war, they don't want to give the Enemy a casualty report nor do they want to demoralize their troops.

Wars are fought by motivated individuals willing to fight and die, if troops begin to hear massive death tolls, this makes them re-think their willingness to fight & die, and eventually the lesser-motivated individuals will begin to make a run for it, from what they consider a lost cause.

It's the reason why countries also lie about how many enemies they killed, The Iraqis claimed they had killed at least 10,000 americans while only 500 Iraqis died.

 

[Superboy]

You know, I don't like the way the Ukrainian government treats its own soldiers. These young men volunteer to fight for their countries, get low pay, and then when they get KIA, they get no respect and their families get nothing. If an American soldier gets KIA, his family gets hundreds of thousands of dollars of compensation.

This is a matter of ethics. In the US, soldiers get respect. In Ukraine, soldiers get no respect. That's the difference between a super power and a small weak country.

 

[gomerker23]

yes