Russia-Ukraine War Casualties: A fierce war is going on between Russia and Ukraine for the last 14 months. During this, both the countries have faced a lot of losses. Meanwhile, an American official said on Monday (May 1) that more than 20,000 Russian soldiers have lost their lives during the ongoing fighting in eastern Ukraine for the last 5 months. Apart from this, more than 80 thousand people have been injured.
America’s National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters that we estimate that during the war between Russia and Ukraine, more than 20,000 Russian soldiers have died and more than 80,000 people have been injured.
The slain soldiers were recruited by the private military company Wagner
John Kirby said that Russia’s offensive in Donbass, located in the center of Bakhmut, has not been successful. In reality, Russia has been unable to capture any strategically important Ukrainian territory.
Kirby, citing recently classified US intelligence, said that more than half of the soldiers killed were recruited by the private military company Wagner, which was trying to recruit people after prison overcrowding in Russia. Works for.
Bakhmut suffered the most
According to US data, both countries have suffered the most losses in the fighting in Bakhmut, where Russia has driven out Ukrainian troops from all areas except a small part of the city. Fighting has started in this area since the beginning of December. John Kirby said that especially in Bakhmut, Russia has tried the most to capture. Russia has lost many of its soldiers here. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s army has suffered the most and terrible loss in Bakhmut itself. However, America did not share the information about the death of Ukrainian soldiers.
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