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Is Ukraine worth fighting for?

As everyone knows there is a nasty war of attrition going on in Ukraine and Ukraine tragically is losing about 10 soldiers for every 1 soldier that Russia is losing. That makes the war unsustainable but still the question remains "Is Ukraine worth fighting for". I honestly don't care which side 'wins' or which side 'loses. I simply prefer that the war stop immediately. It should never have started. That aside I was able to share a baptism event on the North Saskatchewan River here in Central Alberta. I traditionally associate Ukrainians with the Orthodox or Catholic tradition but this was a Pentecostal service. There were about 100 military age Ukrainian refugees at the service. I didn't get much of what was being said as the service was in Ukrainian led by a pastor who left Ukraine 2 years ago. Most everyone there had left in a similar time frame. Everyone I spoke to said that they did not want to return to Ukraine. Oh and most of them had their wife and children with them. Interesting times we live in. I wonder what it must be like in Poland and Germany where many more Ukrainians are taking refuge.
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AbbySvenz · F
Here’s an article discussing source bias and trying to find the real numbers behind the government reporting:

https://theloop.ecpr.eu/estimating-troop-losses-on-both-sides-in-the-russia-ukraine-war/
SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M
@AbbySvenz Countering bias with a biased source? No surprise here...

Also this was written in February of 2023 and things have changed dramatically in this conflict since then.

The article also only seems to count military losses. No civilian casualties mentioned. Also doesn't bother to count the millions who have been wounded, evacuated, forced to flee, lost their livelihood, etc.

It's pro war propaganda.
AbbySvenz · F
Please tell me how that source was biased.

Did it say it was looking at civilian numbers? No, it did not. Reliable military numbers were hard enough to get @SumKindaMunster
SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M
@AbbySvenz It's pro war propaganda. Makes a lot of points about how Russian stats can't be trusted, but the Ukrainians can. It's war. They are both lying.

Additionally, as already stated it only counts military loses. It doesn't mention the cost to the civilian populations nor the consequences to the entire geographical area.

It's subtly saying that Russia is losing, their losses are greater, even though its not really clear that is true.

You support this war? Why or why not?