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On February 24, 2022 Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev's forces.

Ukraine Lost Up to 8,500 Troops Around Kupyansk and Kharkov in May

© Sputnik / Stanislav KrasilnikovA Russian serviceman in the special military operation zone. File photo
A Russian serviceman in the special military operation zone. File photo - Sputnik International, 1920, 07.06.2025
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 8,500 soldiers in the Kupyansk and Kharkov vicinities in May, with over 600 missing, the Inner Affairs Directorate of the Russian administration in the Kharkov Region said on Saturday.
"The losses of the Ukrainian military continue to grow. In May 2025 alone, up to 8,500 troops were killed or injured in the Kharkov and Kupyansk vicinities, while more than 600 are considered missing," the statement read.
T-90 and T-80 tanks and a Msta-S howitzer at the final rehearsal for the Invincible and Legendary military and patriotic programme of the Engineering Technologies 2014 international forum in Zhukovsky near Moscow - Sputnik International, 1920, 28.03.2025
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The main reason for the Ukrainian army's significant losses is its poor logistics as well as the Russian air force's superiority in combat, it said.
It is disadvantageous for the Ukrainian authorities to recognize the deaths of their military personnel to minimize the payment of compensation to their families, the statement added.
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