The Ukrainian army fired D-30 towed howitzers and bombed Russian positions near Bakhmut.

(Associated Press)

[Compiled by Chen Chengliang/Comprehensive Report] The Russian mercenary organization Wagner Group is trying to surround the front-line town of Bakhmut in Uzbekistan, even filling the battlefield with human lives.

According to Ukrainian statistics, as of 9:00 a.m. on the 26th local time, the number of Russian troops killed in a single day increased by 660, and the cumulative number has exceeded 170,000.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces issued an official Facebook post stating that since Russia’s invasion on February 24 last year to 9 am on March 26 this year, the Russian army has killed about 170,550 people, and the Ukrainian army destroyed 3,595 Russian tanks. , 6,974 armored vehicles, 2,631 artillery systems, 522 multiple rocket vehicles, 277 air defense systems, 305 military aircraft, 291 helicopters, 5,486 various vehicles and tankers, 18 ships, 2,216 drones, 282 special equipment and 911 cruise missiles.

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According to foreign media reports, as the Ukrainian army held firm and successfully counterattacked, the Russian army's offensive power against Bakhmut has been weakened.

Valerii Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said on the 25th that the situation in Bakhmut is gradually stabilizing.

The British Ministry of Defense also mentioned in the battle situation analysis on the 25th that the current Russian offensive on Bakhmut has basically stopped, mainly due to the excessive consumption of the Russian army, but the Ukrainian army also suffered heavy casualties during the defense process.

Ukraine has not released specific casualty data, but the U.S. political news website Politico reported on the 15th that according to U.S. officials, more than 100,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed since the start of the war for more than a year, including the most experienced soldiers.

Ukraine announced that the Russian army killed more than 170,000 people.

(The picture is taken from the Facebook of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces)