Casualties in the ranks of the Russian army are rising, with the number of fighters killed in Ukraine reaching 9,861. The specific number was released by a Russian pro-government tabloid newspaper.
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[/P]The latest number released by Russian officials was 498.
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Jaroslav Trofimov, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, tweeted:
"Komsomolskaya Pravda, a pro-Kremlin tabloid, says that according to Russian Defense Ministry numbers, 9.861 Russian soldiers died in Ukraine and 16,153 were wounded. The last official Russian number, on March 2, was 498. Fascinating that someone published the leaked number."
[/I]Russia has been accused of deliberately underestimating the casualties, reporting hundreds of soldiers killed while Ukraine claimed the number was actually in the thousands.
Kiev[/B] claims that more than 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in total.
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