Ukraine reveals worst military loss of war after attack on barracks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed on Monday that 87 soldiers were killed last week in… Russian strike Their barracks housed troops, making it the largest military loss from a single attack in the ongoing war.

The fatal accident occurred on Tuesday, May 17, in the town of Desna, north of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, according to Reuters.

“Today we completed work on Desna. In Desna, under the rubble, there were 87 victims. Eighty-seven bodies” Zelensky was quoted as saying Monday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is shown on a screen as he addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, from Kyiv on Monday, May 23.
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Ukraine said earlier that only eight people died in the attack, but the new figure of 87 makes it the highest loss of life in a single attack of the war, Reuters reported.

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Russia claims to have struck Ukraine military training base with long-range missiles.

As the war rages on, Russia is also losing a significant number of troops, according to Britain’s Ministry of Defense.

A soldier in military uniform stands on the edge of a pit in the middle of a courtyard in Desna, Ukraine, on Tuesday, May 17.

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“In the first three months of its own military operation, it is likely that Russia has suffered a number of deaths similar to those suffered by the Soviet Union during its nine-year war in Afghanistan,” the agency wrote on Twitter on Monday, referring to the Soviet forces who It is believed that 15 thousand soldiers. To get lost in this struggle.

“The combination of poor low-level tactics, limited air cover, a lack of flexibility, and a leadership approach set up to foster failures and repeat mistakes led to a high casualty rate, which continues to rise in the Donbass offensive,” he added.