Military officials in Kyiv have claimed that the number of Russian troops killed or wounded in its three-year invasion of Ukraine has topped 1 million.
The claim was made by the General Staff of the Ukrainian armed forces.
Associated Press reports that the UK Defence Ministry also said in a statement posted Thursday on X that Russia had suffered over 1 million casualties, including roughly 250,000 killed since it launched the full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Earlier in June, the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington said Russia likely would hit the mark of 1 million casualties this summer in what it called “a stunning and grisly milestone.”
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