Colonel Nikolay Ovcharenko was the chief of the Western Military District engineer soldiers He was murdered in an ambush while monitoring a pontoon bridge across the Siverskyi Donets River, which reportedly killed 18 Russians and injured 46 more.
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According to a report on a pro-Kremlin tabloid website, Russia has lost roughly 10,000 servicemen in the Ukraine war. The figure was swiftly removed from the post as a damage control measure, but not before screenshots of it began to circulate online.
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The death toll, which was posted on a pro-government website but swiftly removed, was an astonishing figure for a battle that the Kremlin thought would be finished in days.
When the Russian tyrant launched the invasion, he expected a swift win, but his forces have run against stiff Ukrainian resistance and may be forced to retreat shortly. Russia has kept the exact death toll hidden, just revealing 498 dead on March 2.
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