Russian Media Says 10,000 Soldiers Killed In Ukraine; Is Moscow Following The Chinese Model Of Downplaying Casualties?


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The pro-Kremlin tabloid ‘Komsomolskaya Pravda’ revealed on March 21 that nearly 10,000 Russian troops had been killed in Ukraine’s war, before hastily removing the information from its news portal. [Russia Deploys Its ‘Hunter’ BUK Missiles To Ukraine That Was Used To Shoot Down Malaysian Flight MH17 In 2014?] Later, the news outlet issued a statement saying that it had been hacked. The Russian Ministry of Defense was cited as the source by the tabloid until the figures were removed. According to the report, 9,861 Russian troops have been killed and 16,153 injured since President Putin ordered what he called “special...