According to the Associated Press (“AP News”), the White House estimates that since December 2022, Russia has suffered 100,000 casualties, including more than 20,000 killed, as Ukraine has rebuffed a heavy assault by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine.
In what has become a grinding war of attrition, the fiercest battles have been in the eastern Donetsk region. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that the estimate was based on newly-declassified American intelligence.
The AP News report may be read HERE.
According to Ukraine’s official website, since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, 478 Ukrainian children have been killed and 960 children have been injured, mostly from the Donetsk region. According to the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office, there have been 401 Ukrainian children reported missing and 19,393 deported. Of these, 11,917 of the children have been found, with 364 returned home.
Additionally, the Ukrainian military is approximating Russia’s total combat losses from February 24 to May 2, 2023 to include: 191,420 troops, 3,701 tanks, 7,193 armored vehicles, 2,930 artillery systems, 544 multiple launch rocket systems, 298 anti-aircraft warfare systems, 308 aircraft, 294 helicopters, 5,851 military vehicles, 18 military boats, 2,477 unmanned aerial vehicles, 360 items of special military equipment, and 947 cruise missiles.
Ukraine’s official website, may be viewed HERE.
Lord have mercy. Let’s continue to pray for a swift end to this war and for the peace of Christ to reign in this part of the globe. Let’s continue to pray for a change in heart, and absent that – a change of circumstances, causing Russian President Vladimir Putin to relent from this unjust and unprovoked war that has already killed and displaced thousands.
Psalm 29:11 (NKJV)
“The Lord will give strength to His people; [t]he Lord will bless His people with peace.”
Praise Jesus forevermore!
