Russia loses between 50 and 100 soldiers a day in the Battle of Bakhmout, estimates Kyiv

Cover image: A building on fire after a shelling in Bakhmout, in the Donetsk region, on December 4, 2022. YEVHEN TITOV / AFP

According to Serhi Cheravaty, Ukrainian army spokesman for the Eastern Front, Russia loses between 50 and 100 soldiers every day fighting to capture the city of Bakhmout in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. The number of injuries would also fall within this range, daily.
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“I am absolutely convinced that there is no diplomatic solution with the Putin regime, as long as it is still there”, said Sunday Irina Scherbakova, co-founder of the Russian human rights NGO Memorial, dissolved by the authorities and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2022.

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