The United States announced the death of 20 thousand Russians in the war in Ukraine since December

The White House said Monday that it estimates Russia has lost 100,000 people since December alone, including 20,000 killed, as Ukraine repelled a powerful Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine.

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In what has become a grueling war of attrition, the fiercest fighting has taken place in the eastern part of the Donetsk region, where Russia is struggling to encircle the city of Bakhmut in the face of a stubborn Ukrainian defense.

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White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the US assessment is based on recently declassified US intelligence. He did not elaborate on how the intelligence community got the number.

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Troops from the Russian mercenary group Wagner and other forces are fighting house-to-house with Ukrainian forces in an attempt to gain control of what has come to be known as the “Road of Life”—the last remaining road to the west still in Ukrainian hands that makes it critical. for supplies and fresh troops. Both sides claim the achievements of the last days.