Russian forces have suffered more than 20,000 fatalities in recent months as they battle to take the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, according to a newly declassified estimate from the Biden administration.
Overall there have been more than 100,000 Russian casualties, including the fatalities, since December, the White House said, a number that underscores the cost of the full-scale invasion to president Vladimir Putin.
National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby described the numbers as “stunning”. Russia lost more troops fighting for one town in eastern Ukraine than the US suffered in the Battle of the Bulge at the end of the second world war, he added. He declined to provide an estimate of Ukrainian casualties.
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