Because war is so destructive, it’s often difficult to make accurate totals of all the causalities. Last I heard, the total on the Ukraine side is state secret that Ukraine doesn’t want anyone to know. But when a larger more populous country attacks a smaller nation we can make an easy guess which side will see greater casualties.
Demographics fascinate me, and I don’t know offhand the breakdown of the population by age bracket in Ukraine, but if memory serves in the USA about 20% are elderly, 20% are mid 20s or younger and the rest are middle aged. Men and women breakdown roughly 50/50. When Ukraine got their independence the country had 50 million people. Before the war it was down to 38 million, and UN reports after the invasion said Ukraine lost 8 million, most of whom fled the country for other parts of Europe.
This would make the remaining population around 30 million, only 15 million being men. If the age breakdown is similar then only 3 million men are available who are of fighting age. And if Russia’s estimates is accurate that a million of them have been killed then Ukraine has lost 1/3rd of everyone left who can fight.
But it could be worse than that, it’s not uncommon for 40-50 year old Ukrainian men to die in battle. I’ve even seen them enlist Ukrainian men with Down’s Syndrome.
Russia has paid a heavy toll as well. I’ve seen videos of Moscow where you see people walking the street and there’s almost no men at all to be found.
Regardless, if the casualty numbers are correct then that fantastic bargain that Nicky has been so gleeful about for two years means that it’s cost 10 Ukrainians for every Russian killed. Trying to keep this going is a little worse than “stabbing Ukraine in the back”, it’s enabling a genocide of an entire country as just the cost of business for your stupid political desires.