Russia lost 180,050 soldiers in Ukraine / Wagner claims to control 80% of Bahmut. Officials in Kiev deny the success of the Russians in the most contested city in the conflict

UPDATE 13:25 Two dead and nine injured following Russian attacks on nine Ukrainian regions in the last 24 hours

UPDATE 11:40 A document provided by the US claims that Serbia agreed to supply weapons to Ukraine

Serbia has agreed to provide Ukraine with lethal aid or has already sent it, according to a purportedly secret Pentagon document said to have been leaked, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

The document, titled “Europe|Response to Ongoing Russia-Ukraine Conflict” (Europe|Response to the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine), would have listed the “assessed positions” of 38 European states in response to Ukraine’s requests for military aid.

UPDATE 10:00 General Staff reports that Russia has lost 180,050 soldiers in Ukraine

UPDATE 08:00 The Kremlin will use digital tools to “take drastic measures against Russians who evade incorporation”

The Russian State Duma adopted, on April 11, a bill to create a unified digital registry of Russians eligible for military service, according to The Institute for the Study of War.

UPDATE 05:30 Ukraine repels 72 Russian attacks

Russian troops are concentrating their offensive efforts in Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka in the Donetsk region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said. In total, 72 attacks were repelled in the last 12 hours.

The President of the United States, Joseph Biden, denounced, on Tuesday, the “totally illegal” detention of the American journalist Evan Gershkovich in Russia, stating that he is going to talk to the family of the reporter of The Wall Street Journal, who is accused of espionage.

UPDATE 03:00 The Ukrainian army destroys Russian equipment in the south of Ukraine.

Ukraine’s artillery battalion killed 35 Russian soldiers and destroyed three reconnaissance drones, an anti-aircraft gun, an armored fighting vehicle and a Grad multiple rocket launcher.

Several Western nations have sent members of special forces to the territory of Ukraine, to help the Ukrainian army in repelling the Russian military invasion, according to a secret American document published in an unauthorized manner.

Leaked documents from the Pentagon attest that a number of 50 soldiers from the British special forces were active in Ukraine in February and March 2023.

UPDATE 01:00 Russia conducts the test launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile

Russia is testing the famous intercontinental ballistic missile, the one they always brag about at parades. The missile was reportedly launched from the Kapustin Yar launch complex in Russia’s southern region of Astrakhan and hit a target at a training ground in Kazakhstan, Russian state media reported.

UPDATE 00:00 The US does not confirm whether Egypt is supplying Russia with missiles to bomb Ukraine

The White House says it has no indication that Egypt has supplied Russia with missiles and other lethal weapons for its “war against Ukraine.”