The longer we review the stuff coming out of the legacy U.S. Intelligence Community, the more I realize how much of a fool I was for ever trusting their nonsense.
Today, former CIA Director General David Petraeus claims that Russia has suffered over 1.4 million killed or wounded in action (CIA/WIA). {SOURCE}
Former CIA Director David Petraeus on Ukraine:
The casualties the Russians are sustaining are just, I don’t think, sustainable. Over 1,000 killed and wounded per day.
The Russians have now sustained well over 1.4 million killed and wounded, which is more than the U.S.… pic.twitter.com/ngjVyCXlN5
— Clash Report (@clashreport) September 5, 2026
For those just recently entering the era of ‘great awakening’, let this type of nonsense propaganda serve as a starting point to realize what CTH has described from the outset of the Ukraine-Russia ‘conflict’ as, essentially, World War Reddit.
There are approximately 140 million Russian people living in Russia. Of that population there are approximately 60 million males. Of the 60 million males there are approximately 20 million men aged 18-35. Additionally, 75% of the Russian population lives in urban centers, ie. cities.
If 1.4 million men (out of 20 million) were killed or wounded in the Ukraine conflict, the hospitals and convalescent facilities in around the cities of Kazan, Moscow and St Petersburg would be full; at least significantly beyond ordinary medical capacity. They are not. Not even close.
I have no idea where these western ‘intelligence’ analysts and experts come up with these statistics, but they are so far beyond nonsense the light from where silly stuff originates could not reach them for years. They could have just used the word “eleventy’. There is nowhere near that number of KIA/WIA in Russia; not even close.
U.S. Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have departed Moscow after roughly three hours of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin focused on ending the war in Ukraine. The two are expected in Kyiv on Sunday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as part of the Trump administration’s latest push to revive stalled peace negotiations. Putin has ordered a 72 hour pause in strikes on Kyiv during their visit. Witkoff and Kushner are now aboard U.S. Air Force C-32A SAM934. They will likely travel to Poland before continuing by ground transportation to Kyiv. {Source}
Putin aide Yuri Ushakov says the Kremlin talks with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were “substantive, extremely frank and conducted in an atmosphere of trust.” He outlined that Moscow offered what he called a “clear and comprehensive” assessment of the situation in the Ukraine conflict, while Witkoff and Kushner presented several ideas on possible routes towards a settlement.
The two sides also discussed economic cooperation and the prospect of major joint US-Russian projects. Ushakov added that Putin and Trump remain in direct personal contact. {source}
(VIA DAILY MAIL) – Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff spent over three hours in top-secret talks with Vladimir Putin amid the White House’s renewed bid to end the war in Ukraine.
The US envoys landed in Moscow on Saturday morning and were escorted by the Russian President’s investment envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, to the Kremlin.
Putin met with Witkoff and Kushner for closed-door talks where he described the conflict as a ‘complicated situation,’ but praised his American counterpart for wanting to end the war.
[…] ‘Understanding that he is entering a difficult situation, he nevertheless does not stop his efforts to help bring about a settlement and to make his contribution to resolving the Russian-Ukrainian conflict,’ Putin said of Trump.
Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy both agreed to pause strikes on each other’s capitals while the talks took place. (more)
KREMLIN – Vladimir Putin received in the Kremlin Special Envoy of the President of the United States of America Steve Witkoff and entrepreneur, founder of Affinity Partners Jared Kushner.
On the Russian side, the meeting was attended by Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov and Special Presidential Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev.
{TRANSCRIPT BELOW}
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Colleagues, I heartily welcome you to Moscow.
The situation we are to sort out today is, of course, a difficult one.
But before we begin, I would like to ask you to convey my best wishes and words of gratitude to the President of the United States, Mr Trump.
While he realizes that he is facing a difficult situation, he nevertheless does not stop his efforts to resolve it and to contribute to the settlement of the Russian‑Ukrainian conflict. Today, we will discuss all its components and all its aspects, and for our part, we are also ready to inform you about our view of the situation.
As you informed us, I know that you are planning to go to Kiev after visiting Moscow. In any case, of course, no matter what happens next, contacts of this kind are certainly always beneficial. And here, of course, the quality of mediation and trust in those who are engaged in it are very important. I’d like to tell you that we find it comfortable to work with you, and, of course, we have a very high level of trust during this work.
We are glad to see you. Welcome.
Steve Witkoff: So, first of all, President Putin, thank you so much for having us.
We were sitting outside just now, me, Jared and Kirill, and then Yury joined us, and we were all talking about when we retire, we’ll have all these incredible stories and incredible memories, and yours will be right at the top of it all.
Vladimir Putin: Thank you very much.
Steve Witkoff: President Trump sends you his best wishes. The Gilman family is incredibly indebted to you and thanks you very, very much for Bob Gilman being allowed to come home.
Vladimir Putin: They should be thanking President Trump; it was he who made the appeal.
Steve Witkoff: They have thanked President Trump, but they’ve thanked you also, sir.
I want to thank you for endorsing the no shoot policy in Kiev and in Moscow for these three days that allowed us to be able to come here in a safe manner.
Vladimir Putin: We received this request through official channels – both through the intelligence services and through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – to stop the strikes on Kiev. I issued the respective order, and since midnight on September 5, these strikes on Kiev have not been carried out.
I would like to note that the Ukrainian side has also significantly reduced – by an order of magnitude – the strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation, including Moscow.
The Ukrainian authorities have published their call for a broader three‑day truce, but we have never agreed on this with them. Yet we will do everything in our power to ensure the safety of the negotiation process and the mediators, represented by you and, perhaps, by those accompanying you.
Steve Witkoff: Thank you.
(source)
That kind of propaganda fits with all the rest of it. Ukraine is fighting a media war. They lose territory almost daily.
They lose mines, factories, cities, villages. The “intelligence” community that pushed this war and the strategies the Ukrainians use need to be fired.
No, they need to be ELIMINATED!
Fired, as in Ready…Aim…
is patreyus still a general? I thought he was in trouble for some pillow talk gone south, amongst other issues, yeah, he was centcom, but …. yeahhhh, NO.
All good, however the BIG question some are asking is, Were the U.S. Special Envoys wearing tennis shoes????
So does President Trump know these numbers of Russian casualties have been ridiculously exaggerated ?
Great question since President Trump has quoted those numbers several times. Who gave him those numbers?
The numbers are just made up to fit a narrative. They assume the average person won’t be able to figure out what is true. It worked for Covid.
Nearly 1.5 million killed?
Just a drop in the bucket next to the millions killed by the repeal of Net Neutrality.
and the millions killed by the clot-shot…
And SHEDDING from clot-shotted people.
Yes, and they used all their cards on that convid scheme, so now no one with the tiniest intellect trusts them anymore.
I know it is naïve, but at some level, I just wanted to believe our own intelligence people, especially former generals, but now I know literally everything is just smoke and mirrors, and as Sundance would put it, chaff and counter measures.
Saying this out loud again for me to hear it …The first casualty of war is the truth. And too, politics are simply war by another means.
Reminds me of the COVID scam, where millions were supposed to die, but all the ERs in NYC and in most other cities were nearly empty.
COVID was a miracle. No one died of cancer or heart disease during those couple of years. I can’t believe more research wasn’t done on how this miracle virus prevented humans from dying of such afflictions. /sarc
The Flu disappeared, too.
Millions did die from the Covid Vaccines…. not Covid itself.
Thank you Sundance for providing the truth.
How quick they are to inflate, lie, distort, gaslight…
I find joy in how hard it must be for them to keep up with what our astounding President is doing.
Speed of Trump.
The “I have an idea”, must be setting their brains on fire 😂
Anything to fight Trump. Who resurrected Petraeus to throw out this stuff?
Meanwhile back in New York, reports that the ceiling at the Kennedy Center has partially collapsed due to water damage. President Trump told everyone the place was dilapidated but the hatred overrode common sense. Now they have bigger problems.
I’m glad they took President Trump’s name off the building.
It should be condemned.
The President offered to build a stunning new structure but, no.
The old one is so representative of the swamp.
Let it collapse and turn it into pickle ball courts. It’ll save us $ billions!
Encouraging step.
I really like that it is Witkoff and Kushner representing the President of the United States, and the US’ ideas, instead of career State Department people; it was a similar process of using Kushner and one other person not a career diplomat when the Abraham Accords were created, so yes, an encouraging step given that this mess is going to need the outside-the-box approach while the rest of the european rulers are deadset on having another world war to hide their misrule of the nations they supposedly represent.
One step at a time, as long as it’s going forward, always good.
The fraud cabal pulled the same stunt during the Fake Pandemic!
Notice how Putin doesn’t refute anything.
If the CIA told Betrayus to wear a skirt he would do it.
Remember the 20 year old Massachusetts National Guardsmen who pled guilty to leaking top secret classified CIA and DIA information on Ukraine’s military losses at 8 to 1 in favor of Russia? He was sentenced to 7 years in federal prison.
the jews Bolshevik Communists want Russia back, they hate the beautiful Russian people. Zalensky isnt even Ukrainian he’s a jew, as are all military commanders in Ukraine. This is a jew war in Ukraine backed by NATO Nazis.
DP should have faced court martial but he had to much on to many then placed in a cushy job.
There is no way on this earth Russia has sustained anywhere near what the Clowns In Action mouthpiece is spewing and he is as believable as the baby boy of Ukraine.
Johnny boy passed along locations of the spooks stockpiles and their rats are coming out.
If enough of the claimed 1.4 million were killed, there might not be an overload of hospitals or convalescent facilities but we would have to know the breakdown of the numbers.
“I have no idea where these western ‘intelligence’ analysts and experts come up with these statistics, but they are so far beyond nonsense the light from where silly stuff originates could not reach them for years.”
It comes from their own imaginations inside their heads so that they can “play games”, thinking that they can bamboozle and fool everyone to try and make the world fit their twisted mindset.
“The longer we review the stuff coming out of the legacy U.S. Intelligence Community, the more I realize how much of a fool I was for ever trusting their nonsense.”
Your not alone; however, for the most part we did not know any better years ago. We were suppose to be able to trust “our side”, but they are only in it for themselves and their distorted concept of reality.
Petraeus needs an enema..
just some thoughts after reading the transcript:
PVP is certainly a master of diplomaspeak.
i don’t even think he is consciously trying to do it, it’s just second nature to him.
i am NOT being critical – i think it stems from the fact that essentially
the world hangs on his every word and he must, at all times, be very careful.
having said that, in the context of our host’s tutorials on the Russian lack of pretending
(extremely informative and very enlightening in that it explains a lot),
i’m having a chuckle contrasting PVP’s statement to PT’s statements on the same issue.
IIRC, at one point PT called Z a “loser”.🤣
i think PT has edged out PVP in the non-pretending race!
but in light of PVP’s apparent tip toe-ing here,
i hope it’s not a case of “nice ta see ya again fellas, enjoy your stay, dinner’s at 8,
oh, and i explained our position a hundred times already, but you’re always welcome to drop by…”
UKR fatigue is real if even PVP is showing signs!
i give PT all the credit for continuing to try and get this mess resolved.
admirable tenacity in the face of nearly incalculable odds.
if anyone can solve this, PT can.
and that is the point at which we can achieve equanimity from our distant vantage point.
Petraeus is a sellout SOB liar who should be ignored. However, 1.5 million dead Ukrainians is almost certainly a low number. The reason our people are in Moscow is beause Ukraine is hanging by a thread.