VLADIMIR Putin has lost more than 1,200 troops in just 24 hours, marking Russia’s deadliest day in its meatgrinder war with Ukraine.
The surge in casualties comes after Western nations – including the US – gave Ukraine the green light to strike Russia with their weapons.
Ukrainian general staff claimed on Monday that the Russian military suffered 1,270 casualties in the past 24 hours.
Kyiv also destroyed 14 Russian tanks, 22 armoured personnel carriers, and 47 artillery pieces, they said.
The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed Russia lost about 1,200 troops per day in May and said the total number of troops lost since the start of the bloody war had likely surpassed 500,000.
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