AT least 70,000 Russian troopers have been killed in Vladimir Putin’s “meat grinder” conflict in Ukraine, it was revealed yesterday.
Knowledge exhibits civilians who joined Russian ranks after the invasion in February 2022 make up the most important proportion of these killed.
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However the determine may very well be far greater if casualty figures hidden by Russia are taken under consideration.
The loss of life toll used obituaries, photographs from funerals and social media websites.
BBC Russian and unbiased web site Mediazona mentioned new graves marked by flags additionally helped affirm identities of killed troopers.
The 70,112 which have died doesn’t embody unchecked names or these killed in Donetsk and Luhansk.
Some 13,781 have been volunteers — which now exceeds former prisoners.
Residents referred to as as much as combat underneath conscription account for 13 per cent.
Since October final yr, the loss of life price amongst volunteers has been at the least 100 per week.
Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned in Could that Ukraine’s losses have been 31,000, however it’s regarded as greater.
The ex-lawyer of late Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, Anatoly B, was yesterday arrested in Poland over assaults on Russian opposition figures.
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A PENSIONER is cared for by medics after her retirement house was hit by a Russian guided bomb yesterday.
The house for 220 residents in Sunny, Ukraine, was attacked, with a 78-year-old lady killed and 14 injured.
By Nick Parker
