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Tom Cole: “The Ukrainians have probably lost 150 or so thousand…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 14:33

They thought that it was going to be a cakewalk. They have five to 600,000 dead Russians, million more casualties on top of that. You know, The Ukrainians have probably lost 150 or so thousand soldiers, maybe another 350 casualties on top of that. Stop and think about that. I mean we had 2,800 deaths in 20 years of combat in Afghanistan. I mean each side is losing more people in a week than we lost in 20 years in Afghanistan. (14:33–14:41)

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Asserts that Ukraine has lost approximately 150,000 soldiers and has 350,000 additional casualties.

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