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Russia Loses 65 Per Cent Of Ground Combat Strength
More than a quarter of the 120 battalion units Russia committed to Ukraine have now been rendered “combat ineffective”, said the Ministry of Defence. The losses represent approximately 65 per cent of Russia’s entire ground combat strength and include elite units. Read Also: ‘Putin Has To Be Put On Trial And Hanged’ – Gazprom Vice […]
More than a quarter of the 120 battalion units Russia committed to Ukraine have now been rendered “combat ineffective”, said the Ministry of Defence.
The losses represent approximately 65 per cent of Russia’s entire ground combat strength and include elite units.
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“Some of Russia’s most elite units, including the VDV Airborne Forces, have suffered the highest levels of attrition. It will probably take years for Russia to reconstitute these forces.”
Meanwhile, the first evacuees evacuated from the ruined Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol were due to arrive in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia on Monday morning, said President Volodymyr Zelensky, after the UN confirmed a “safe passage operation” was in progress.
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Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said hundreds of civilians remain trapped in the steelworks in a situation that has “become a sign of a real humanitarian catastrophe”, as food, water and medicine becomes scarce.
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