CNN —Large numbers of Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in a single airstrike, a Russian general has claimed.
The deputy chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces told Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during a meeting that up to 300 soldiers were killed “as a result of an accurate strike by an aerial munition,” Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
CNN cannot independently verify the numbers and there has been no immediate comment from Ukraine.
Kim also told Shoigu during the meeting that Ukraine is “suffering significant losses in both equipment and manpower as a result of the use of high-precision weapons and strike drones,” the ministry said.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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