BBC reported that Western officials said on the 7th that the Russian army had suffered 20,000 to 30,000 casualties in the battlefield of Bakhmut, the eastern Ukrainian city that the Russian army had tried to capture in the past six months. Totally out of proportion.
Western officials did not disclose Ukrainian casualties on the Bakhmut battlefield, but said they were much lower than the Russians. An official said that for Ukraine, this is a good opportunity to kill a large number of Russians.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that this place is an important defense hub for the Ukrainian army in the Donbas region, so the capture operation must continue. He also said that Ukraine lost 11,000 soldiers in February alone, but Western officials disagreed with the figures.
Since the start of the fighting, 90% of Bahemut’s residents have fled. The Uzbek side pointed out that there are still less than 400 civilians here, including 38 children.
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