Ukrainian forces are killing nearly 1,000 Russian soldiers every day and wiped out 5,000 soldiers in a single battle in late January, according to UK officials citing Ukrainian data.
Russian troops, including the 155 elite naval infantry, stormed the Ukrainian coal mining town of Vuhledar near Dontesk in late January. However, Ukrainian forces repelled the offensive, killing, wounding or capturing 5,000 Russian soldiers. Meanwhile, UK officials say the war is taking a heavy toll on Russia, with 824 Russian soldiers dying every day, according to updates from Ukraine.
“The 155th brigade had to be redeployed three times already. The first time after Irpin and Bucha; the second time they were defeated near Donetsk, they recovered again,” Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskyi, a spokesman for the defense forces of Donetsk, told Politico. Ukraine. “And now almost the entire brigade has already been destroyed near Vuhledar.”
The spike in Russian casualties comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin has recruited hundreds of thousands of new troops into his army. Poorly trained recruits are now heading to the battlefields of Ukraine.
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Ukrainian artillery crews fire towards Russian troop positions in Bakhmut, Ukraine. (Madeleine Kelly/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Ukrainian forces have reportedly taken a heavy toll on Russian troops in recent weeks. (Reuters/Serhii Nuzhnenko)
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s troops have suffered heavy casualties in Ukraine. (Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin via Reuters)
The news of Russia’s losses comes a day after the US State Department. all US citizens in Russia to leave immediately on Monday, false arrest warning.
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“American citizens residing or traveling in Russia should leave immediately,” warned the US embassy in Moscow. “Exercise increased caution due to risk of wrongful arrests.”
In a clear message, the department also said: “Do not travel to Russia.”
Fox News’ Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.
