IN Ukraine has so far killed 9,861 Russian soldiers, Komsomolskaya Pravda reported. The pro-Kremlin media then announced that their site had been attacked by hackers and deleted the information.
The latest official data on the losses of the Russian army in the war were published on March 2. Then the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported 498 killed in battles with Ukrainian defenders.
Ukraine: Russia has lost up to 40% of the forces with which it launched the invasion
Russia has been repeatedly accused of deliberately covering up its losses in the conflict.
Among those killed, according to Komsomolskaya Pravda, were at least one Russian general, seven colonels, a first-rank naval captain, nine lieutenants, 20 majors and 70 junior officers.
Ukraine: Third senior Russian officer killed, heavy losses
Ukrainian authorities say more than 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed, including five generals.
Here’s a statement from KP: they say they were hacked. https://t.co/9EfE55vYUW pic.twitter.com/4ywQWSjyZN
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