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title: "Ukraine's Zelensky: More than 1,100 Russian force members dead in less than a week in Bakhmut"
description: "Russian forces suffered more than 1,100 dead in less than a week of battles near the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the focal point of fighting in eastern Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday."
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published: "2023-03-12T21:08:58"
updated: "2023-03-13T05:38:04"
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# Ukraine's Zelensky: More than 1,100 Russian force members dead in less than a week in Bakhmut

> Russian forces suffered more than 1,100 dead in less than a week of battles near the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the focal point of fighting in eastern Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday.

By Reuters · Published 12 March 2023, 23:08 SAST · Updated 13 March 2023, 07:38 SAST

## Key points
- Russia's losses in the Bakhmut sector are staggering - over 1,100 soldiers dead, 1,500 wounded and 10 ammunition depots destroyed - proving that the battle is far from over. Looks like there's still a lot of work to be done to verify these accounts!
- Ukrainian President Zelenskiy reported that in a week starting 6th March, more than 1,100 enemy soldiers were killed in the Bakhmut sector.
- Russian forces sustained 1,500 “sanitary losses” and dozens of pieces of equipment destroyed.
- 10 Russian ammunition depots were also destroyed.
- Reuters could not independently verify the accounts.

## Content

"In less than a week, starting from 6th March, we managed to kill more than 1,100 enemy soldiers in the Bakhmut sector alone, Russia's irreversible loss, right there, near Bakhmut," Zelensky said in his nightly video address.

He said Russian forces had also sustained 1,500 "sanitary losses" - soldiers wounded badly enough to keep them out of further action. Dozens of pieces of enemy equipment were destroyed as were more than 10 Russian ammunition depots.

Reuters could not independently verify the accounts.

*(Reporting by Ron Popeski and Nick Starkov; editing by Diane Craft.)*