The official stressed that the death toll is difficult to assess in real time, but still called them 'very, very significant casualties.'
Between 5,000 and 6,000 Russian troops may have been killed in just the first two weeks of the invasion of Ukraine, a U.S. official estimated Wednesday. The official stressed, however, that this is a difficult number to assess in real time, and the number could be closer to 3,500.
Still, the official described the number as"very, very significant casualties," comparing the tally to losses from some World War II battles. The official did not give an estimate for the number of wounded Russians, but the figure in most wars is generally around three times as many killed, which would put that number at an estimated 15,000 to 18,000.Thousands of Ukrainian civilians and soldiers are also believed to have been killed over the past two weeks. The U.S.
A Ukrainian serviceman stands on a captured Russian tank amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the north of the Kharkiv region, March 2, 2022. The Mariupol maternity hospital is one of 18 hospitals and ambulances that have been attacked in Ukraine, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. Those attacks have resulted in at least 10 deaths and 16 injuries, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
"These attacks deprive all communities of health care," he said, adding that the"only real solution to the situation is peace." But despite the strike on the hospital, cease-fires in a handful of major Ukrainian cities appeared to be largely holding Wednesday, allowing civilians to flee neighborhoods that have been pounded for days by Russian artillery. However, those still in the country are struggling to gain access to basic supplies, like water, food and medicine, and facing Russian airstrikes.
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