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The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on May 21 that Russia has lost 203,160 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion in February 2022, with an estimated 670 casualties on May 20.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 3,783 tanks, 7,398 armored fighting vehicles, 6,115 vehicles and fuel tanks, 3,258 artillery systems, 564 multiple launch rocket systems, 327 air defense systems, 308 airplanes, 294 helicopters, 2,822 drones, and 18 boats.
Ukraine strikes back around Bakhmut as Wagner reaches last streets in the city
On the evening of May 9, just half a day after a single T-34 tank rolled through Red Square during Moscow’s subdued Victory Day celebrations, something unexpected happened. Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, announced that units of the Russian regular army’s 72nd Separat…


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