According to a report, a Whitehouse national security spokesperson said 100,000 have died in Ukraine since December, other figures are much lower. The number of deaths is difficult to estimate, particularly on the russian side. Reportedly, many of the dead are believed to be from Russia’s wagner mercenary force who have been recruiting from schools and prisons. According to a report, convicts have been offered annulled sentences to fight.
Reportedly, Russia has captured most of Bakhmut, the administrative centre for the Donetsk area. According to reports, a drone attack on the Kremlin didn’t do much damage. Reportedly, this was followed by up to 24 drones targeting Ukraine which were mainly intercepted, but a drone strike on an oil storage facility near a bridge to Crimea caused a large fire.