Moscow has promised the necessary weapons and ammunition to continue the fighting in the Ukrainian city.
The mercenaries of Wagner group will remain in Bakhmut for the time being after Moscow promised the necessary weapons and ammunition to continue fighting in the Ukrainian city, a dispute far from the Russians at home, who are facing the Victory Day the most difficult in recent years.
In the nearly 15 months of war, Tuesday will mark the first Soviet day of victory over Nazi Germany since President Vladimir Putin’s partial mobilization of 300,000 reservists in September, for which hundreds of thousands of Russian sons, sons-in-law and grandsons are fighting at the front.
To this are added the thousands of contract soldiersthe 18,000 volunteers and the 50,000 prisoners recruited by the Wagner Group.
Independent media Mediazona and the BBC’s Russian service have confirmed the deaths of 22,055 soldiers since February 24, 2022, based on obituaries and other public records, although the number “does not reflect the true number of casualties”, they warn. .
Russia has not published casualty data since September when it reported 5937 dead. Ukraine, in turn, calculates that 193 430 Russians have died in battle in the 438 days of war.
Source: EITB
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