7pm fatafat | 25 Feb 2022

Ukraine’s Defence Ministry on Friday said more than 1,000 Russian servicemen have been killed so far in the conflict. “Russia has not suffered so many casualties during the fighting in any of its armed conflicts since its inception,” the ministry said as reported by Reuters. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 137 Ukrainians, both military personnel and civilians, had been killed since the start of the attack early Thursday, as per AFP. Earlier on Thursday, Russia claimed that its army had destroyed more than 70 military targets, including 11 airfields, in Ukraine.