Ukraine, Russia and World War II
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The staggering figure from four years of fighting is larger than the population of an Australian capital city.
KYIV, Ukraine(AP) — The number of soldiers killed, injured or missing on both sides of Russia's war on Ukraine could be 2 million by spring, with Russia sustaining the largest number of troop deaths for any major power in any conflict since World War II ...
Russian losses in Ukraine are so high that 38% of all personnel spending is now paid out as benefits to families of fallen soldiers, according to an analysis.
Four years into Russia's grinding war on Ukraine, Al Jazeera looks at the costs — to people, territory and treasuries.
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The Russian economy is now eating itself to death as Putin’s war on Ukraine destroys future capacity, former central bank adviser says
"The body is metabolizing its own muscle tissue for energy," Prokopenko said.
In the remote village of Sedanka in Russia's Far East, almost all of its fighting-age men have left to join the Ukraine war.
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As war losses near 2 million, Russia accused of trafficking foreign recruits from Africa, Asia
As the Ukraine war nears its fifth year, a new report alleges Russia is recruiting vulnerable foreign nationals through deceptive tactics that may amount to human trafficking.
Russian attacks and Ukrainian civilian deaths rose as President Trump’s peace talks dragged on during his first year back in the White House.