US says 20,000 Russians have been killed in Ukraine war since December
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By Tom Williams
The White House says it now estimates that since December more than 20,000 Russians have been killed as Ukraine rebuffs a heavy assault by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine.
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says the US estimate is based on newly declassified American intelligence.
US General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in November that Russia had suffered well over 100,000 killed or wounded in the first eight months of the war.
The new figures suggest that Russian losses have dramatically accelerated in recent months.
The fiercest recent battles in Ukraine have been in the eastern Donetsk region, where Russia is struggling to encircle the city of Bakhmut.
from the ABC today...
.....well that's around 100,000 less Russian's the world has to worry about....all simply to stroke one mans ego and fantasy ....
