Russia Reveals Some Initial Troop Casualties in Ukraine, but Its Numbers Are Disputed
Russian invasion of Ukraine.Photo: SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Days into its widely denouncedinvasion of Ukraineand Russia has finally confirmed that it has seen losses in its ongoing attack, with the country’s Defense Ministry announcing Wednesday that 498 Russian troops had died and 1,597 more had been injured since the country began what it has called a “special military operation.” More than 500 Ukrainian soldiers, he contended, had been captured....