Ukraine's International Ministry stated on Wednesday that greater than 12,000 Russian troops had been killed since Moscow launched the invasion on February 24, almost two weeks in the past.

The ministry made the announcement by its social media channels. The International Ministry stated 49 Russian plane, 81 helicopters, 317 tanks, 60 tankers and 7 drones had additionally been taken out by its navy.

In addition to this, it stated that the Russians had misplaced 1,070 armored autos, 120 artillery items, 56 a number of rocket launchers, 482 different autos, three boats and 28 anti-aircraft programs.

Newsweek has contacted Russia's International Ministry for touch upon these numbers.

Ukrainian and Russian casualty estimates have different extensively. Russia has stated it has killed round 2,000 Ukrainian troops and has not stated something about civilian deaths. Russia says that 498 of its personal troops have been killed within the preventing.

Navy analysts say Russia has been shocked by the energy of Ukrainian opposition its forces have encountered.

In an replace on Wednesday, the United Nations human rights company stated that between February 24 and March 8, there have been 1,424 civilian casualties in Ukraine—516 killed and 908 injured. The Workplace of the U.N. Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights stated it believed that the true figures have been significantly greater, nonetheless.

On Wednesday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated a name for Kyiv's NATO allies to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine, saying such a transfer would assist keep away from "a mass humanitarian disaster".

A no-fly zone would prohibit the usage of navy planes inside Ukrainian air area, however it might require a navy intervention by NATO, of which Ukraine will not be a member. Some NATO officers concern that imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine might find yourself as a nuclear escalation between the Trans-Atlantic alliance and Russia.

Though the U.S. and NATO have imposed three no-fly zones earlier than over Libya, Iraq and Bosnia, not like these three nations, Russia is a nuclear energy.

Whereas there may be a lot public assist for a no-fly zone in america, the Biden administration has dominated out imposing such a zone over Ukraine, because it might escalate the struggle.

Each Secretary of State Antony Blinken and White Home spokesperson Jen Psaki dominated out imposing a no-fly zone and placing troops on the bottom.

America on Tuesday rejected a proposal by Poland to produce MiG-29 fighter jets to be used by Ukraine's air power.

The European Union on Wednesday expanded sanctions towards Russia and its ally Belarus, including 14 oligarchs and 146 members of the Russian Federation Council to its checklist, proscribing the export of maritime navigation and radio communication know-how to Russia, limiting the supply of SWIFT high-security banking providers to a number of Belarus banks and stopping the Belarus central financial institution from managing its reserves in Europe.

The EU additionally made clear that crypto-assets are included within the scope of its sanctions.

The Ukrainian navy is getting ready for a significant Russian assault on Odessa, the strategic and economically-important port metropolis on the Black Sea.

Russian International Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova informed reporters at a media briefing on Wednesday that Russia most popular to attain its goal of neutralising Ukraine by talks as a substitute of struggle.

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Servicemen carry a coffin throughout funerals of Dmytro Kotenko, Vasyl Vyshyvany and Kyrylo Moroz, Ukrainian servicemen killed throughout Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at Lychakiv cemetery within the western Ukrainian metropolis of Lviv on March 9, 2022. Ukraine’s overseas ministry stated on Wednesday that greater than 12,000 Russian troops had been killed because the preventing started on February 24, almost two weeks in the past.Yuriy Dyachyshyn/Getty/AFP