By some estimates, Russia has already lost as many troops in 28 days as it did during ten years of war in Afghanistan during the 1980s.
— Ukrainians have suffered immensely in Vladimir Putin's war on their country, but it appears the conflict is not going well for Russia's forces.
An image taken from a video posted online on March 24, 2022 purportedly shows smoke rising from the Russian navy landing ship Orsk at the Russian-occupied port of Berdyansk in southern Ukraine. CBS News could not independently verify the video, but Ukraine's navy said it had blown up the Orsk in Berdyansk just days after Russian state TV said the vessel was offloading military hardware there to bolster Russia's invading forces in southern Ukraine.
On Thursday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was asked about the"disappearance" of Russia's normally frequently seen Minister of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, who hadn't been seen or heard from publicly in days. Ukraine's forces are still outgunned, but in some places, particularly on the outskirts of the capital Kyiv, they're clawing back territory from the invaders.
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