Putin suffers deadliest day as '1,200 troops killed' in meatgrinder war with Ukraine in just 24hrs

Vladimir Putin has lost more than 12200 troops in just 24 hours marking Russia's deadliest day in its me grind of 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 1270 casualties in the past 24 hours KV also destroyed 14 Russian tanks 22 armored personnel carriers and 47 artillery pieces they said the UK's Ministry of Defense 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 Ukraine's defense Ministry shared a tally of Russian combat losses to X which claimed more than 51,000 people had been eliminated throughout the war if Ukraine's figures are correct the past 24 hours have been the deadliest for Russia since Putin invaded Ukraine in February 2022 Kev has reported Russian casualty figures of more than a thousand per day since Moscow launched a new offensive in kiv on May 10 Russian forces are thought to have captured 13 settlements and 116 square miles of land in the area Ukraine claims to have stabilized the new front lines although the fighting has drawn its resources away from other areas and is said to have led to small Russian advances along the rest of the front line the Russian defense Ministry said on Sunday that it had captured a village and three other settlements in the donet region after it claimed on Friday to have made advances in all tactical directions last week as Russia continued its attack on kiv and look to seize more Ukrainian territory US President Joe Biden gave Ukraine permission to use us-made weapons to strike inside Russia One Source said the move would allow Ukraine to hit back at Russian forces hitting them or preparing to hit them while another said it granted Ukraine the flexibility to defend itself americanmade missiles were subsequently used in strikes on Russian troops in bulgaro Russia Russian sources claimed yesterday Putin has threatened allout War if Ukraine uses Western weapons to hit Russia even singling out Britain and warning that countries with small territory and dense populations should be careful Russia is known to use Iranian North Korean and Chinese weapons to attack Ukraine over the past few weeks Ukraine came to us and asked for the authorization uh to uh use weapons that we're providing to defend against this aggression including against Russian forces that are massing on the Russian side of the border and then attacking into Ukraine uh and uh that went right to the president and as you've heard he's approved the use of our weapons for that uh for that purpose um going forward we'll continue to do what we've been doing which is as necessary adapt and adjust and that as I said has been a Hallmark of our engagement uh it will uh continue to be [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] ch drone [Music] [Music] [Music]

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Published: Mon Jun 03 2024