Russia-Ukraine war : Over 800 Russian troops have been injured in the past day in a blow to Vladimir Putin, according to Ukraine’s general staff.
Putin’s forces suffered 840 casualties, bringing the total number of Russian soldiers lost during the conflict to 378,660, the administration claimed.
It comes as at least 18 people were killed and dozens wounded in a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said strikes throughout the country killed 18 people and injured more than 130 in his nightly video address.
More than 200 sites were hit, including 139 dwellings, with many deaths in “an ordinary high-rise apartment building. Ordinary people lived there,” he said.
Kharkiv’s mayor and the governor of Kharkiv region said eight people had been killed in the city, which has been subjected to repeated attacks in 23 months of war.
The Kremlin, asked to comment on the strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv, said the Russian military does not target civilians.