Their parents are understandably not happy about them dying (ageing and only one kid to support them) and as people they are especially soft 'little emperors" is the term. In recent years the CCP has tried to promote toughness to counter this but I don't see it working out so fast. There is quite a lot out there on how one-child has caused problems for the Chinese military. https://www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-public...constrained-by-one-child-policy/#.YoK1rrdOmyU
Yep. That was his comedy routine making fun of some Ukrainian band. Here he is winning "Dancing with the Stars". Jealous? Just because he's about 10 times the man compared to Putin (and, to be fair, to all other heads of state)?
It is a low-lifer move by Russia, as usual. Yes, the Russians had the wounded the soldiers at their mercy and their fate in the hands of the Russians. But the Ukrainians offered to exchange Russian prisoners of war for the wounded Ukrainians but you can't make those deals with the Russians because they do not place any value on the lives of their own men. Just not the way the low mind works.
there were no major military conflicts since Vietnam war we don't know what would happen if US military join the fight It might be US army is not better than RUssian. We can't know Ukraine would definetely fold long time ago without US/UK help Russian fight whole NATO on a 5% military budget so calling them second rated military despite some clear shortcomings before conflict ended is premature