Hello, my friends on Scorum. As you know, the war has been going on in Ukraine for the second year already. We were attacked by Russia, which wanted to take over the whole our country. They managed to capture (incompletely) 4 regions of Ukraine. The Russians at the level of the constitution declared these regions of Ukraine to be their Russian territory. Russia is a truly fascist state, they do not hesitate to openly declare their crimes at the level of legislation. For example, at the beginning of the war, the Russians eliminated the law punishing looting in the army, effectively legalizing looting. In Mariupol alone, the Russians killed about 100,000 civilians. These are data for only one Ukrainian city, and they are terrifying.

Belarus neighboring Ukraine (from which our Scorum developers) has long been actually under the occupation of Russia. Therefore, they live in fear and are unlikely to support this conversation.

For about 2 months of winter, due to Russian missile attacks on our civilian infrastructure, I often had no electricity. The Internet was even less: by "windows" of 15-25 minutes several times a day, which was barely enough to do online business of paramount importance. This is another reason why I haven't written to Scorum for a long time. Now I will try again to write systematically, at least short notes (today not so short).

I am very grateful for the support of our friends from all over the world: primarily the United States and the European Union. The whole world has turned away from Russia, and Ukraine is supported by such a coalition of countries, the number of which has long surpassed the number of participants in the anti-Hitler coalition. Thanks to Western assistance with weapons, the army of Ukraine has already liberated our regional center Kherson, we also defeated the Russians in the Kharkov region, and the war is moving towards the complete defeat of Russia.

Russia has lost more soldiers in Ukraine than in all wars since World War II combined

Russia's average monthly losses in Ukraine are at least 25 times the number killed per month in Chechnya and 35 times in Afghanistan, according to analysts at the US Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

At the time of March 2, 2023, Russia lost 150,600 soldiers killed in Ukraine, 3397 tanks and a huge amount of other equipment (see below the full table from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine).

Recently, the Ukrainian armed forces destroyed about 160 units of Russian armored vehicles in the battle near the city of Vuhledar, which was the largest one-time loss of tanks and armored cars for the Russians in this war.

At the same time, according to the Economist magazine, the potential of the Russian military-industrial complex allows building 20 new tanks and upgrading up to 90 old tanks per month. That is why we can say that Russia's military potential has already been irreparably undermined.

I will try to continue to write on Sсorum again. Most likely, these will be very short notes, much shorter than today. As you know, the SCR coin has been delisted from the exchange. You also all see the real state of the author pool, when posts barely collect 5-6 coins. Therefore, all this does not motivate to spend a lot of time writing articles. I am writing today with a different motivation: I want more people in other parts of the world to hear about this war. At least one extra time (because I think you already hear a lot about this big war from all the media). But this is the case when you need to repeat again and again from all the media. Obviously, after the Second World War, humanity has not learned enough lessons, if a fascist Russia became possible in the 21st century.

We have yet to not only defeat Russia in the war, but also to build a new world order in which our children and grandchildren will be protected from a repetition of such a horror.

With best wishes, Bogdan Karasiov, Ukraine.