A Russian news outlet appears to have let slip the number of Russian troops killed fighting in Ukraine. The official number remains nebulous.
A pro-Kremlin Russian tabloid said nearly 10,000 Russian soldiers have died fighting in Ukraine before quickly scrubbing the casualty figure from its website.on Sunday published a story citing Russian Defense Ministry officials who disputed casualty numbers reported by their Ukrainian counterparts. However, the story was changed after its initial publication with the number deleted, indicating that tight controls remain on information available to the Russian public concerning the war.
Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda said nearly 10,000 Russian soldiers have died fighting in Ukraine before promptly deleting the death toll from its website. Above, Ukrainian servicemen stand guard at a Kyiv checkpoint. At least eight people were killed in the bombing of a shopping center in the northwest quadrant of the capital on Monday. The 10-story building was destroyed in the blast. Russia claims the mall was used to store rocket systems.
The Ukrainian estimates were followed in the article by figures from the Russian Defense Ministry, which put losses at 9,861 and 16,153 injured. Ponomarenko said in his tweet that"the story was deleted almost immediately." A newer version of the article does not include the figure., gives a positive account of Russian troops' progress in southeastern Ukraine, stating that"two tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, six field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as about 60 militants of a Ukrainian nationalist formation were destroyed.
Seven Ukrainian drones were shot down by Russian troops who also attacked the country's military facilities, according to
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