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A number of Russian general officers [ a] have been killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As of 28 November 2023, Ukrainian sources claimed that 16 Russian generals and 1 admiral had been killed during the invasion, while Russian sources have confirmed 7 deaths. Although seven of the Ukrainian claims were rebutted, the loss of even two ...
Oleksandr Ihorovych Matsievskyi (Ukrainian: Олександр Ігорович Мацієвський, pronounced [olekˈsɑndr ˈiɦorowɪtʃ mɐts⁽ʲ⁾iˈjɛu̯sʲkɪj]; 10 May 1980 – 30 December 2022) was a Moldovan-born Ukrainian Ground Forces member and captive executed by Russian soldiers during the Battle of Bakhmut in the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late December 2022.
On 4 March, Valeriy Chybineyev, a sniper, was killed at the Battle of Antonov Airport. [ 7] On 6 March, Pavlo Lee, an actor and member of the Territorial Defense Forces, was killed during the Kyiv offensive. [ 8] On 7 March, Oleksandr Marchenko, a former member of the Verkhovna Rada and member of the Territorial Defense Forces was killed in a ...
In September 2022, Russia's Ministry of Defence confirmed that 5,937 Russian soldiers had been killed in combat. [67] It also claimed 61,207 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed and 49,368 wounded by this point. [68] In February 2024, the Ministry updated its claim of Ukrainian military casualties to 444,000 killed and wounded. [69]
Kiev, 23 June 1941. A victim of starvation in besieged Leningrad suffering from muscle atrophy in 1941. World War II losses of the Soviet Union were about 27,000,000 both civilian and military from all war-related causes, [ 1] although exact figures are disputed. A figure of 20 million was considered official during the Soviet era.
The 102 servicemen of Russia’s 488th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment and its “Akhmat” unit are the largest group of soldiers to be captured in one go since Russia launched its invasion in 2022.
[61] [62] On 29 April, videos of the Russian army shelling Ukrainian forces in Avdiivka with a thermobaric weapon were published. [63] Avdiivka's School No. 1 shelled by white phosphorus munitions. In early May, at least 10 people were killed and 15 were wounded by Russian shelling on the coke plant. [64]
August 10, 2024 at 11:51 AM. (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged for the first time on Saturday that Ukrainian forces were fighting in Russia's Kursk region and said the ...