20,000 civilians.... You're completely correct which happens to be a war crime....
And they can say 9,000 dead because they are not counting foreign volunteers.... They are saying Ukrainian military losses.
Meanwhile 45,000 times 3? Plus 45,000 we're looking at nearly 200,000 casualties.
We were looking at what 5000 nearly 6,000 dead for 20 years in Iraq and Afghanistan.
And everyday even more Western military equipment is landing.
How about 25,000 Russian soldiers are currently trapped without resupply as well as being robbed of Crimean air support?
How about that black sea fleet hiding?
Looks like Russia is going to lose not only it's military but also The War.