AT least 70,000 Russian troopers have been killed in Vladimir Putin’s “meat grinder” conflict in Ukraine, it was revealed yesterday.
Information exhibits civilians who joined Russian ranks after the invasion in February 2022 make up the biggest proportion of these killed.
However the determine may very well be far greater if casualty figures hidden by Russia are taken under consideration.
The death toll used obituaries, pictures from funerals and social media websites.
BBC Russian and impartial web site Mediazona mentioned new graves marked by flags additionally helped affirm identities of killed soldiers.
The 70,112 which have died doesn’t embrace 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 beneath conscription account for 13 per cent.
Since October final 12 months, the demise fee amongst volunteers has been at the very 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 girl killed and 14 injured.
By Nick Parker
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