Ukraine claims to have killed 14,200 Russian soldiers
Ukraine’s armed forces claim to have killed 14,200 Russian soldiers since Moscow attacked the neighboring country three weeks ago.
Ukrainian authorities said that Ukrainian forces also destroyed 450 tanks, nearly 1,450 other armored fighting vehicles as well as 93 aircraft and 112 helicopters. In addition, the side Russia It is also said that 205 artillery pieces, 72 multiple rocket launchers and 43 anti-tank weapons have been lost since the war began on 24 February.
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| A Ukrainian soldier walks past the tail piece of a Russian Su-34 fighter jet that was shot down on a building in Kharkiv, Ukraine on March 8. Photo: AP |
According to CNN, this news agency could not verify the above data of Ukraine. Meanwhile, Russia very rarely publicly discloses information about the number of casualties. The most recent data released by Moscow was on March 2, which confirmed that 498 Russian servicemen were killed while participating “special military campaign” in the neighboring country.
Some US and NATO officials revealed that Washington estimated the number of Russian soldiers killed in the war between 3,000 and 10,000 people. U.S. and allied intelligence give very different figures for Russian casualties so far, but even the lowest estimates run into the several thousand.
Kiev said it was still waiting to hear from the Russian authorities about the repatriation of the bodies of the dead servicemen. According to the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, the issue of collecting and identifying the bodies was discussed during a meeting between Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer on March 17.
On the same day, Russia’s local TV channel GTRK Kostroma reported that at least five Russian servicemen, including a commander of the Kostroma region’s air force, were killed while on duty in Ukraine.
GTRK Kostroma quoted a statement from the regional military command as saying that the soldiers of the 331st Parachute Guard Regiment “sacrifice their lives for the security of the country”. Among the dead was Colonel Sergei Sukharev, the unit commander.
Tuan Anh
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