Ukraine - Russia war: latest news live

Ukraine - Russia war: latest news live | The US estimates that the Russian army has suffered 100,000 casualties in the last five months

At least two dead and 40 wounded in a Russian missile attack on Dnipropetrovsk | Ukraine shoots down 15 of the 18 missiles launched by Russia in this bombardment | The Russian army intensifies its attacks before the expected kyiv counteroffensive

The White House estimates that the Russian army has suffered 100,000 casualties in the last five months in the fighting in the city of Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine and in dispute between the two sides for months. The White House public safety representative, John Kirby, has point by point that the figure, in light of US knowledge gauges, incorporates in excess of 20,000 passings, a big part of them from the Wagner group, and has described these numbers as "really impressive”. 

"Russia has exhausted its military arsenals and its armed forces," he said. The Russian offensive also continues in other areas of the country. The Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelensky, has announced that the Russian attacks last morning on the city of Pavlograd, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, have killed two people and injured 40, including several children. The offensive has hit residential buildings and an industrial company, although Russia says they were military installations. Ukrainian air defenses have managed to intercept 15 of the 18 projectiles launched, the Ukrainian army has reported.