# Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 1)

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**Created:** [February 24, 2022, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-1/960037 "2022-02-24T08:30:03Z")\
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> [@Tamerlane](#):
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> ~10,000 in 25 days. That’s more like 400/day.

At the end, it says 17,000.

> <https://twitter.com/MrKovalenko/status/1505961677371621379?s=20&t=nAQpjYKJv-pMFQEtXak-MQ>

If that’s an actual Russian number - which it seems to be - and we assume that it’s at least a few days or of date with the real situation on the front then we’re looking at about 20,000 deaths. ~800 per day.

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