Pro-Kremlin tabloid reports nearly 10,000 Russians killed in Ukraine before removing figure

A Pro-Kremlin tabloid on Monday reported that nearly 10,000 Russian troops have been killed in the war in Ukraine – before the publication removed the figure and claimed it had been hacked.

The Putin-friendly Komsomolskaya Pravda, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense, reported that 9,861 Russian troops had died and that 16,153 had been wounded in Ukraine since Russia launched its invasion on Feb. 24. It’s unclear whether the numbers tolls were accurate.

The staggering figures were far higher than any previous numbers released by Russia since the conflict began.

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