The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine states that "Russia's losses in Ukraine have exceeded the psychological threshold of 120,000 servicemen. During the last day, 860 enemies were eliminated, now the total losses of the Russian Federation from February 24 to today amount to 120,160 Russian soldiers,” the General Staff statement read.
According to US estimates, the number of Russian victims may have reached 188,000 since the start of the invasion of Ukraine
: the figure was revealed to the Sun newspaper at the Ramstein summit in Germany.
The newspaper attributed the figures to "defence sources", after US General Mark Milley said Russia had suffered "a huge amount of casualties, well over 100,000".
The number of casualties is believed to include both Russian forces and the Wagner mercenary group.
Today the army of Kiev has announced that the dead Russian soldiers are 120,160, of which 860 were killed yesterday.
In the city of Vovchansk, in the eastern region of Kharkiv, a woman died after a grenade thrown by Russian troops hit her home.
she announced the head of the regional military administration Oleg Synegubov.
"The enemy continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Kharkiv region in the border settlements of Kupyan, Chuguyiv and Kharkiv districts. During yesterday's day, the occupiers shelled Vovchansk, Kupyansk, Strilecha, Vilcha, Ogirtseve and other settlements with artillery , tanks and mortars.
ANSA Agency
Ukraine, Ramstein arms Kiev for the counter-offensive but Berlin denies tanks - World
Summit to agree on the new aid to be provided to the country.
Zelensky asks for defense and combat panzers.
The Kremlin: 'The West is deluding itself, tanks will be useless'.
Berlin: 'We haven't decided yet on the pros and cons of Leopard'.
From British intelligence comes the alarm on the Wagner group: 'It has up to 50,000 fighters on Ukrainian territory, it has become a key component of the conflict'.
Crosetto: 'There will be an exponential growth in attacks, there is no time to lose' (ANSA)
The US released recently declassified photos of Russian train cars traveling from the Federation to North Korea and back in November, in what the US believes was the initial delivery of rockets and missiles
for use by the Wagner Group mercenary organization in Ukraine.
CNN writes it by publishing images and maps of the transport of weapons by rail.
The US administration yesterday announced that the US Treasury Department will designate the Russian mercenary organization Wagner Group as a "transnational criminal organization" and will impose further sanctions next week against the group and its support network around the world.
A senior Western intelligence official said yesterday that the West was "certainly concerned that North Korea might plan to expand and supply more military equipment or support such deliveries."
