March 4, 2023 2:10 p.m
NATO: “Over 200,000 Russian soldiers killed in the war”
Russia has lost more than 200,000 men since the invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022: said supreme commander of allied NATO forces in Europe, US General Christopher Cavoli, calling the scale of the war “unbelievable”. This is reported by the German weekly newspaper Der Spiegel. So far, more than 1,800 Russian officers have been killed or wounded and Moscow has lost more than 2,000 tanks, Cavoli added, noting that the Russian army fires more than 23,000 artillery shells every day. According to Kiev, Russia has lost 152,190 soldiers since the war began, including 820 yesterday.
March 4, 2023 1:13 p.m
Explosions in Zaporizhia
Two explosions were heard today in the city of Zaporizhia in southern Ukraine, and an air raid alarm went off in the region of the same name and in half of the country’s regions, Ukrainian broadcaster Suspline reported on Telegram and local media. In addition, according to local media, power was cut in some parts of the city. Earlier, according to local media, Russian troops had bombed some areas of the region that lie on the line of contact, killing two and wounding one.
March 4, 2023 12:31
Metsola: “I hope that the accession negotiations will start this year”
“I hope that the accession negotiations can start this year: Ukraine’s future lies in the European Union”. This was stated by the President of the Eurochamber Roberta Metsola during her visit to Kiev. “The pace at which the Verkhovna Rada and the government are making progress in applying for EU membership is impressive,” he added.
March 4, 2023 11:48 am
Zelenskyy: “We want to start EU accession negotiations this year”
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, in Lviv today and thanked her for her leadership in supporting Ukraine and for the Eurochamber’s decision to adopt a resolution in support of Ukraine. This was reported by the local media. “Ukraine intends to complete the implementation of the recommendations of the European Commission and to start EU accession negotiations this year,” Zelenskyy confirmed on Telegram. Ukraine was granted EU candidate status in June after applying for membership just days after the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022.
March 4, 2023 11:43 am
BBC Russia: “Over 16,000 Moscow soldiers killed in first year of war”
December, according to BBC Russia, which conducted a roll-call count of the dead along with Mediazona, an independent Russian media outlet.
After a year of war, the two media emphasize, the number of proven Russian military casualties has now exceeded the officially confirmed number of Soviet soldiers killed during the nine-year war in Afghanistan. From 1979 to 1989 over 15,000 Soviet soldiers were killed in Afghanistan.
The BBC and Mediazona also said at least 1,366 of those killed since February 2022 were mobilized Russian conscripts. About 40% of them died in the last two months. According to journalists, most of the dead came from the Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk regions, Bashkiria, Buryatia and Dagestan. Russia’s total losses including those wounded, killed or missing may amount to at least 144,500 people.
March 4, 2023 11:42 am
Tajani: “Berlusconi very disappointed in Putin”
“Everyone knows that Berlusconi is a reasonable person, he was always a man of peace.” Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said of the statements made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in New Delhi, who described the Cav as “a reasonable leader who can reduce tensions.” not aggravated”. “Berlusconi is on the side of the West – Tajani adds, speaking to reporters in Abu Dhabi ahead of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s meeting with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He was very disappointed in Putin, he wanted the spirit of Pratica di Mare to continue, that China was still a key competitor. He wanted to bring Russia west, he had succeeded by also blocking the invasion of Georgia with Sarkozy”.
March 4, 2023 11:36 am
London: “Bakhmut’s defense under increasing pressure”
The Ukrainian defense of Bakhmut in the Donbass is under increasing pressure as intense fighting rages in and around the city, the UK MoD wrote in its daily intelligence update. Regular forces from the Russian Army and the Wagner Group have continued to gain ground in the northern outskirts, the report, posted to Twitter, said. For its part, London experts continue, Kiev is reinforcing the area with elite units. Two key bridges in Bakhmut have been destroyed in the past 36 hours, including a vital one linking the town to the last major supply route to the town of Chasiv Yar, the British MoD reminded, stressing that supply routes are being taken in hand by the town Ukrainians are increasingly restricted.
March 4, 2023 11:35 am
Deputy Mayor Bakhmut: “There is fighting on the streets”
Bakhmut’s Deputy Mayor Oleksandr Marchenko, speaking on BBC Radio’s Today programme, said fighting was taking place on the city’s streets. “Thanks to the Ukrainian forces,” the Russian forces “have not yet taken the city under their control,” he added, stressing that Moscow’s only goal is “to kill people, the genocide of the Ukrainian people.” “They want to destroy Bakhmut, they want to destroy the city and I honestly can’t understand why they’re doing it,” he said. The exact number of Ukrainian civilians remaining in Bakhmut is not known but is estimated at between 4,000 and 4,500, the deputy mayor said. “They live in temporary shelters with no water, gas or electricity,” he said, noting they were given heaters though. “The city is almost destroyed and there is not a single building that has survived this war. There are completely destroyed neighborhoods, buildings and condominiums,” he added.
March 4, 2023 11:29 am
The Russian Defense Minister at the front
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has inspected a frontline “command post” in eastern Ukraine, his ministry said today amid the battle raging around the famous town of Bakhmut. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that Shoigu inspected “a frontline command post” in “the direction of Donetsk-South”, without specifying the exact place or date of the visit.