Approximately 3,500 Russian Soldiers Have Been Killed And 200 Imprisoned- Ukraine
After invading the East European country, Russian soldiers have suffered more casualties than predicted, according to the Ukrainian military.
Read More: A former Miss Ukraine Picks Up A Rifle To Combat Russia’s Invasion (photos)
The Ukrainian military claims to have provided a breakdown of Russia’s losses.
According to a statement on the organization’s Facebook page, more than 3,500 Russian soldiers were killed in the invasion, with over 200 taken prisoner.
Russia has also lost 14 aircraft, 8 helicopters, and 102 tanks, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.
Read More: ‘No way out,’ Say Nigerian Students Caught Up In Russia’s Invasion
The Russian Ministry of Defense has so far refused to recognize any losses, but rumors indicate that Russian President Vladimir Putin is furious with the war’s outcome and has authorized a full-scale assault on Ukraine… According to unconfirmed reports, he also sacked one of his military generals as a result of Russia’s heavy casualties over the last three days.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military is requesting that citizens remove street, city, and village names from road signage in their areas to disorient the adversary.’
In a tweet, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence said: ‘We will do everything possible to clear Ukraine of the Russian occupier as soon as possible!’.
‘Russian warship, go f**k yourself!’ a triumphant sign over a section of the Boryspil highway declared, referring to the killing of a small group of Ukrainian border guards stationed at Snake Island off the coast of Ukraine after they refused to surrender to Kremlin forces.
Putin’s war isn’t going as planned, according to Estonia’s former defense chief Riho Terras, who claims that Russia is quickly running out of money and weaponry and will have to negotiate with Volodymyr Zelensky’s administration if Kyiv can hold off the Russians for another 10 days.
Read More: At Hungary-Ukraine Border, Ukrainian Mother Reunites with Her Children
Putin is said to have called a conference with oligarchs in a bunker in the Ural Mountains, where he allegedly raged that the battle would be ‘simple’ and that ‘everything will be done in one to four days.’
Terras said that the battle is costing Russia roughly £15 billion each day and that they only had rockets for three to four days at most, which they are utilizing sparingly, citing Ukrainian intelligence sources.