Do they also count those who fled or only the ones still in Ukraine?
It’s population, not citizens. It includes people (of any nationality) living within the part of Ukraine that is controlled by the government, so Ukraine without the parts currently under russian occupation.
That’s crazy. Ukraine used to be as big as Russia - 40 million people used to live there. Now it’s a wasteland
Russia has like 140 million people, Ukraine had like 44 million pre war. The 28.5-29 million are only for the part of Ukraine that is currently under Ukrainian control.
Russia has like 140 million
peopleorcsWhich is approximately equivalent to 39-42 million people. The same
I don’t think dehumanising the enemy is something we should do. They’re people like everyone else, people who commit terrible atrocities because of a megalomaniac dictator
The war crimes like torture, hunting civilians with drones, and rape are not performed by Putin. Maybe calling the entire Russian population orcs is a bit much, but the Russian soldiers (orcs) don’t deserve that kind of consideration.
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You may want to un-scratch the word soldiers so that one can read “soldier orcs” (which is what you intended, apparently.) Else one just reads “let’s not call them orcs btw they are orcs” since, at least myself, skipped the scratched up word on the first read.
As a remainder to everyone else: russophobia != anti-imperialism. And rule 4 will get you banned for the former (russophobia) meanwhile the latter (anti-imperialism) is welcome
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Calling them a wasteland is rather misleading, it’s mostly the war with Russia that’s causing the population outflow.