U.S. military said the battle over the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which Russia has claimed repeatedly to be on the verge of seizing, had cost Vladimir Putin's forces some 20,000 men since December alone.
, which Russia has claimed repeatedly to be on the verge of seizing, had cost Vladimir Putin's forces some 20,000 men since December alone. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the casualty figure rose to 100,000 when including wounded Russian fighters.
As anticipation mounts for a looming Ukrainian spring counteroffensive, Russia has been taking preemptive revenge on the Ukrainian people, targeting civilian areas far from the front lines.For three days Russia has fired salvos of missiles and explosive drones at cities across Ukraine, including a second barrage that targeted the capital Kyiv.
A huge fireball lit up the skies amid the strikes. Ukrainian authorities would only say"an industrial complex" was struck. But not all the missiles hit their mark. Then there was an explosion. Serheii said a rocket slammed right into the garage as they approached it. He pointed to the charred remains of their car.
Rubble is seen on the property of Olga and Serheii Litvenenko, in Pavlohrad, eastern Ukraine, May 1, 2023, after an overnight Russian missile strike destroyed a garage they'd used as a bomb shelter. The couple were headed back to the garage when it was hit amid a Russian missile barrage, and they escaped. Serheii, who spent 36 years working in the mines around Bakhmut, knows how close a call he and his wife had, and the shock was still fresh.
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