Russia rarely discloses its own military losses. Moscow last released figures on March 25, when a general told state media that 1,351 soldiers had been killed.
has also lost 1,589 tanks, 3,754 armored combat vehicles, 804 artillery systems, 246 multiple rocket launchers, 105 air defense systems, 217 aircraft, 658 operational-tactical UAVs, 15 warships, 2,629 vehicles and tankers, and 187 helicopters, according to Ukraine's combat losses update.. Moscow last released figures on March 25, when a general told state media that 1,351 soldiers had been killed and 3,825 were wounded. The U.K.
Russia shifted its focus on the Donbas region after failing to capture the capital, Kyiv, in the early stages of the war. Russian forces on Sunday forced Ukrainian soldiers to withdraw from Lysychansk, the last key city under their control in the Luhansk region. Luhansk Governor Serhiy Haidai told Reuters on Monday that Russian forces in Ukraine will now ramp up their offensive to seize all of the Donetsk region.
"In terms of the military, it is bad to leave positions, but there is nothing critical . We need to win the war, not the battle for Lysychansk," Haidai said."It hurts a lot, but it's not losing the war.""Sloviansk and Bakhmut will come under attack—Bakhmut has already started being shelled very hard," he said.
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