The think tank said promotions, demotions and re-promotions have created factions in the military, with commanders looking to preserve their soldiers - and therefore their personal influence - by avoiding sending them to attritional parts of the frontline. While we cannot verify the actual number of soldiers killed on either side of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, the estimates quoted in the tweet and the article do not match anywhere near the figures cited by Western intelligence services and senior officials. "UK personnel training Ukrainian Armed Forces as part of Op Orbital departed Ukraine in Feb 2022. More than half of Russian soldiers killed by bad first-aid and not "People have bruises, fractures, cuts and lacerations, contusions, poisoning by combustion products," he wrote on Telegram. If you're just now catching up, here are other headlines you should know: Ukrainian shelling: The self-declared Donetsk Peoples Republic said nine people were killed in shelling by Ukrainian forces in the city of Donetsk. At least 23 people, including four children, were killed and at least 18 others were injured in a wave of Russian missile attacks in central Ukraine on Friday. CNN's Sam Fossum contributed to this report. Both Russia and Ukraine are suspected of minimising their losses on order to avoid undermining the morale of their troops. Dozens injured in overnight attacksas 'storm brewing', 'Deeply concerned Russian leaders have built some of the most extensive defences in the world' - UK, Ukrainian officials hint at successful strike in Crimea, Russian troops likely being placed in hole in ground as punishment, Atrocity shows Russia lies when it says it does not target civilians |, Live reporting by Brad Young, with Russia correspondent Diana Magnay in Moscow. Russia has constructed "some of the most extensive" military defences "seen anywhere in the world" over the last year, according to British military intelligence. One woman was killed in Kherson by Russian shelling, Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the oblasts regional military administration said that artillery had hit Bilozerka and Odradokamianka, during which the 58-year-old was killed. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. He said he is "categorically against" suggestions that the Ukrainian government should punish citizens who accept the passport, adding the most important thing is to survive. Russia-Ukraine: War Brings Devastation to Ukrainian Homefront KAKISSIS: By spirit - were you together in the battalion? President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed what he called the destructive impact of bans on the import of Ukrainian grain by several European countries. The Kremlin's first statement on Russian military casualties in their invasion of Ukraine, on March 2, 2022, noted that 498 soldiers had been killed and 1,597 wounded. The day begins for Oleh Itsenko, 29, and Andrii Kuznetsov, 23 . This past Sunday, on an Orthodox Christian day of remembrance, when Ukrainians honor the dead with flowers and food, she brought him a Tupperware of his favorite, cabbage dumplings. Firefighters deployed to extinguish a fire at an oil depot in Sevastopol, Crimea. The day begins for Oleh Itsenko, 29, and Andrii Kuznetsov, 23, shortly after dawn, when the two diggers report for the grueling work. The US State Department has designated both Gershkovich and Whelan as wrongfully detained. As Russia's war in Ukraine begins its second year, a full accounting of its casualties remains elusive. The highest death toll was recorded in March 2022, at over 3.9 thousand. We all stand with you. I cant bear it!. The toll rose after it emerged on Saturday that two more children had died in the rocket attack in Uman. As Ukraine loses troops, how long can it keep up the fight? - Yahoo News Ukrainian forces on the front line have told CBS News that Russian commanders have thrown wave after wave of men at some battles as if they were meat.