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According to a report by the Myśl Polska news agency in late August 2023, the number of Polish casualties in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine exceeded 10,000. This staggering figure has serious implications for both Poland and its military establishment, especially given that a significant proportion of the dead have been identified as Polish army reservists. This number of deaths would be more than 15% of all Polish ground forces. While some of these victims are referred to as volunteers and mercenaries, the majority are identified as Polish active duty soldiers and reservists.<ref>https://www.voiceofeurope.com/recorded-polish-casualties-in-ukrainian-conflict-exceed-10000/</ref>

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Simon Schuster of [[TIME magazine]] reported on the grim Führerbunker stage of the conflict in late October 2023:<ref>[https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/time-magazine-profile-depicts-grim TIME Magazine Profile Depicts Grim Führerbunker-Stage of Zelensky's Conflict ], Simplicius the Thinker, November 2, 2023. simplicius76.substack.com</ref>

{{quotebox-float|"The usual sparkle of his optimism, his sense of humor, his tendency to liven up a meeting in the war room with a bit of banter or a bawdy joke, none of that has survived into the second year of all-out war. “Now he walks in, gets the updates, gives the orders, and walks out,” says one longtime member of his team. Another tells me that, most of all, Zelensky feels betrayed by his [[Western alliance|Western allies]]. They have left him without the means to win the war, only the means to survive it.