Russia admits to loss of more than 1,300 troops in the month long war in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin insists on calling the conflict in Ukraine as a “special military operation.” It began on Feb. 24 and Russia has finally admitted to loos of its forces. U S News says more than 1,300 Russian troops have been killed. However, the figures are much less than the assessment of Western powers and Kyiv. Incidentally, an official of the Russian Ministry of Defense indicated the state would take care of rehabilitation of the families of soldiers who lost their lives in the war. Casualties will be there during wars and the United States. had lost 7,000 troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan. That was across two decades.

Russia conducted different methods to subdue Ukraine. However, it seems various issues have bogged down the plans. Some of these are a depletion of Russian armaments coupled with effective defenses of Ukraine. Putin took a decision to use more indiscriminate weaponry and siege tactics against dense civilian centers like Mariupol and the capital Kyiv. These have led to increased civilian casualties. There are concerns in some quarters about Russia going in for chemical weapons or biological warfare. It seems Putin could induct foreign fighters to carry out such attacks.


Source - U S News 25 March 2022.

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This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 22 July 2015.

The man is 31-year-old and a computer programmer and he had, allegedly paid $500 for five vials of the poison. He had asked that it be shipped to his home in Liverpool disguised as 'special batteries' for a toy car.
The product ricin was 'the poisoner's perfect poison' - its symptoms are non-specific and it does not show up in a post-mortem examination.
The man then went about searching the net to buy an animal like a rabbit, chinchilla or other 'pocket-sized pet' on which he wanted to try out the effectiveness of ricin.
It is said that a 100mg dose is enough to kill up to 280 people within three to five days, while 500mg can kill between 700 and 1,400.
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This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 2 July 2015.

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