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More than half of Russian troops injured in the Ukraine war have had amputations, a Russian official said. Hundreds of thousands of Russian troops have been injured or killed since the start of the war. AdvertisementAdvertisementMore than half of the Russian troops wounded in the Kremlin's grinding war against Ukraine are now amputees, according to a Russian government official who called the situation a "glaring" problem. Upper limb amputations account for 20% of the amputations that Russian soldiers wounded on the battlefields in Ukraine have had, Vovchenko noted, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementVovchenko said that an average of three prosthetic and medical care products have been prescribed to injured Russian troops seeking treatment.
Persons: Alexey Vovchenko, Gazeta, , Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Vovchenko, Oleksandr Vynogradov Organizations: Service, Labor, Social, Russian Federation, Rossiyskaya, Federation Council, New York Times Locations: Ukraine, Russia
Dmitry Medvedev during a meeting of the General Council of the party "United Russia" in Moscow, on May, 31. Igor' Ivanko/Kommersant/Sipa/APRussia is "threatened" by the potential for Ukraine to join NATO, Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, claimed on Sunday. And Medvedev said Moscow is ready to deliberately make the current conflict a permanent one, because "this is a matter of Russia's existence." Some context: The matter of Ukrainian membership in NATO is one of several issues leaders will tackle when they meet in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on July 11 and 12. The issue will prove one of the biggest flash points for the group, which has managed to remain remarkably united amid Russia’s unprovoked invasion.
Persons: Dmitry Medvedev, Igor, Ivanko, , ” Medvedev, Medvedev Organizations: General, NATO, Russia’s Security, Gazeta Locations: Russia, Moscow, Ukraine, Russian, Lithuanian, Vilnius, Eastern Europe, Kyiv, Europe
Putin knew a war would be unpopular and had kept all of his previous military interventions limited before the current invasion of Ukraine. Right now, the Russian military is in no condition to fight NATO, and it is unclear to what extent the partial mobilization will solve Russia’s military problems. Moreover, the finger on the nuclear button is still that of Vladimir Putin rather than Patrushev or other hardliners. At the same time, the Ukrainians, the most likely victims of any tactical Russian nuclear strike, remain committed to fighting despite the risk. The fight is not only about Ukraine alone: For Putin and the hardliners alike, it’s about the West.
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