WASHINGTON - Hundreds of Russian soldiers have been killed in eastern Ukraine, US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland said while giving testimony before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on March 10.
“It is pretty difficult to have a completely accurate assessment given Russia’s efforts to mask its dead, but we estimate it in hundreds and hundreds… I cannot speak to more than 400-500 [soldiers] at the moment,” Nuland said.
Previously, the Russian Defense Ministry denied a statement made by U.S. Army Europe Commander General Ben Hodges that, according to U.S. military estimates, there are up to 12,000 Russian troops in eastern Ukraine.
