12,000 Russian troops killed: Ukraine

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Ukraine’s ministry of foreign affairs says 12,000 Russian troops have been killed amid Moscow’s offensive in Kyiv’s latest assessment of losses to date.

The ministry added that 48 aircraft, 303 tanks, 80 helicopters and more than 1,000 armoured vehicles had been destroyed, Al Jazeera reports.

Last week Russia’s defence ministry issued its first report on casualties in Ukraine. It said 498 Russian troops had been killed and more than 1,500 others wounded.

Al Jazeera was unable to independently verify the figures provided by either side.