Putin's cousin who works in the Russian Ministry of Defense appeared to accidentally disclose how many missing Russian solders there are right now.
Vladimir Putin's cousin was scolded during a live broadcast for divulging 'classified' war casualty numbers.Anna Tsivileva, who is Russia's current Deputy Minister of Defense and a state secretary, was admonished during a statement to the Duma in which she revealed that authorities had received 48,000 DNA test requests from those searching for and identifying missing soldiers.
Newsweek has previously reported figures from Kyiv which suggested October and November were particularly bloody months for the Russian side, losing record numbers of soldiers in the past two months.During that time, Putin launched a new offensive to maintain Russian controlled territory in the region, incorporating 50,000 troops from North Korea to join their ranks.
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