Kyiv says Russia suffered more than 2,000 casualties in 24 hours

[KARAH RUCKER]

UKRAINIAN FORCES SAY RUSSIA SUFFERED MORE THAN TWO-THOUSAND CASUALTIES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. IT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME SINCE MOSCOW’S INVASION OF UKRAINE THAT THE CASUALTY COUNT REACHED A NUMBER THIS HIGH.

UKRAINE DID NOT REVEAL WHETHER THOSE NUMBERS INCLUDED THOSE KILLED, CAPTURED OR MISSING.

THE CASUALTY TOTAL BREAKS THE PREVIOUS 24-HOUR RECORD OF MORE THAN 19-HUNDRED CASUALTIES, WHICH KYIV SAYS RUSSIA HAD REACHED EARLIER THIS MONTH.

MORE THAN 738-THOUSAND RUSSIAN TROOPS HAVE REPORTEDLY DIED AS THE WAR APPROACHES THREE YEARS.

UKRAINE SAID IT CALCULATED RUSSIAN LOSSES THROUGH LEAKED DATA AND RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE REPORTS.

DESPITE THE MASSIVE LOSSES, RUSSIAN TROOPS WITH THE HELP OF NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE,  SPARKING FEARS UKRAINIAN FORCES DON’T HAVE THE MANPOWER TO HOLD THEM OFF.

U-S RESEARCHERS FOUND MOSCOW HAS CAPTURED TERRITORY AT A RATE OF NEARLY NINE SQUARE MILES A DAY OVER THE PAST MONTH.

UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS WARN ITS 600-MILE FRONTLINE IS NOW AT ITS HIGHEST RISK OF COLLAPSE SINCE EARLY 2022. 

EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION REPORTEDLY PUSHED UKRAINE TO LOWER THE AGE OF DRAFT ELIGABILITY TO COUNTER RUSSIAN GAINS.

UKRAINE ESTIMATES IT WILL NEED AROUND 160-THOUSAND MORE SOLDIERS BUT THE U-S BELIEVES THAT NUMBER IS HIGHER.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO RUSHING AID TO UKRAINE AMID CONCERNS THE INCOMING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION COULD LIMIT U-S AID TO KYIV.

AND PRESIDENT BIDEN RECENTLY ANNOUNCED HE’S FORGIVING 4.7 BILLION DOLLARS IN UKRAINIAN DEBT. 

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