More from 7,000 Russian soldiers they have killed from its inception Russian invasion in Ukrainereported the New York Timesciting US intelligence estimates put the death toll at more than 300 Russian soldiers every day of the war in Ukraine.
In accordance with Pentagonthe 150,000 Russian soldiers developed on the border with Ukraine, are now fighting in Ukraine.
The American newspaper draws a parallel by saying that in the battle of Iwo Jima during World War II, almost 7,000 marines were killed. Now, 20 days after the Russian invasion, the Russian army has lost more soldiers, according to conservative estimates by US intelligence.
The Russian lossesthe NYT continues, are even larger than the number of American soldiers killed in more than 20 years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The article also mentions 14,000 to 21,000 wounded Russian soldiers. According to Kyiv and NATO allies, at least three Russian generals have been killed in the fighting.
According to the official account of Moscow498 Russian soldiers have been killed since the start of the war.
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