On Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that 23,367 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since the start of the military operation, on February 24.
In a statement, the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that the total number of Ukrainian soldiers, Nazis and foreign mercenaries who took refuge in Azovstal from Mariupol does not exceed 25,000.
He also noted that the Russian Air Forces destroyed 16 military facilities in Ukraine, Including those in the Poltava and Nikolaev regions.
It is worth mentioning that Russia had given the besieged Ukrainian forces in the city of Mariupol until 3:00 GMT to hand over their weapons and save their lives.
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