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To: Taro who wrote (822593)12/15/2014 5:10:17 PM
From: J_F_Shepard  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1580215
 
compared to the total population of each, 3x Ukrainians lost their life in combat as compared to Russians, he may well have seen some advantages here. And maybe you should rephrase your 'heroic Russians' a bit to become your 'heroic Ukrainians'.
Also bear in mind Belarus and Ukraine abutted Germany, they were fighting to protect their homelands but they were all Soviets.

en.wikipedia.org

Soviet military dead and Missing by nationality (1941–45) According to Krivosheev [25]
Total Percentage

Russians 5,756,000 66.402%
Ukrainians 1,377,400 15.890%
Belarusians252,900 2.917%
Total Soviets military 8,668,000 100.0%