More than 17,000 Russian soldiers were killed capturing Avdiivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, Ukraine’s military has said.
The capture of the city on Saturday was the Kremlin’s first major battlefield victory since its conquest of Bakhmut in May but analysts have said that it came at a terrible cost.
“The losses of Russians around Avdiivka are colossal. My colleagues and I did the calculations and pulled up our archival records from the beginning of the year,” said Dmitry Likhovy, Ukrainian military spokesman.
He also said that at least 30,000 Russian soldiers had been injured in the battle.
Russian forces planted their victory flags over the ruins of Avdiivka on Saturday. Video from the destroyed city showed almost every apartment block in ruins and rubble blocking every street.
In the West, the loss of Avdiivka touched off a row over a shortage of ammunition.
The US-based Institute for the Study of War said that Russian air superiority was a significant reason for its success in Avdiivka. F-16 fighter jets are due to arrive in Ukraine in June.
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