Geopolitics
Russia Claims 13,500 Ukrainian Troops Killed in Single Battle for Konstantinovka
Alexander Mercouris
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What was said
"The Russians are also saying, and I stress it is the Russians, that 13,500 Ukrainian troops or thereabouts died in the battle for Konstantinovka. I have stopped placing very much weight on the claims either side makes about the casualties that they say they have inflicted on the other in any one particular place or indeed in the war at all."
Russian forces claim 13,500 Ukrainian soldiers died defending Konstantinovka, a figure the speaker treats with caution but notes could be accurate if Russia systematically counted recovered bodies as Wagner forces did after Bakhmut. Russia offered a two-hour ceasefire to return Ukrainian dead, which Ukraine rejected. The casualty figure, if verified, would represent catastrophic losses for a single engagement.
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- Alexander Mercouris
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- Russia Biggest Ever Missile Strike Hammers Kiev AD Total Fail; Will Upgrade SMO To Actual War; NATO
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