Marine commander Oleksandr is fighting on the frontline in the Donbas region of Ukraine. He says 80% of his unit have now been killed or wounded - but that the Russians have also suffered losses. Full story from Sky's sparkomat:
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Citing the number of people who have lost their lives in the defence of Severodonetsk, the governor of Luhansk, Sergey Haidai, says Ukrainians would begin to withdraw from the devastated city amid continuous Russian air and ground assaults. Commander Oleksandr claims Russian combat losses are even higher, taking Sky News to the site of major battle near the town of Avdiivka to make his point.
The number of deaths in the Russian military is a highly sensitive secret, although it admitted to the deaths of 1,351 in March.NATO officials estimate that up to 40,000 Russian troops have been killed, injured, captured or gone missing in the first month of the war. "In general, we shouldn't give them the opportunity to hold territory in valuable positions. We need to hit them in the places where they don't have so many forces."Iryna Tsybuh is the leader of a medical crew with the Ukraine military
It's gruelling work. In the previous few days she said they've rescued 22 men - two had died. Some of her crew are clearly very young. The youngest is just 22 years old.The numbers of dead and injured worry her. Iryna says there are plenty of Ukrainians willing to take their place but they lack the skills.Before the war Iryna worked as a media trainer doing occasional rotations on the frontline."I hate war," she says.
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