Ukraine news latest: Vladimir Putin faces disaster as 180,000 Russian soldiers ‘killed or wounded’ in failing war

RUSSIA has seen hundreds of thousands of its soldiers killed or wounded in Ukraine so far, according to new data. According to estimates released by Norway’s army chief yesterday, Putin’s losses are approaching a grim milestone, nearly a year on from the start of the Ukraine war. “Russian losses are beginning to approach around 180,000 dead or wounded soldiers,” Norwegian Chief of Defence Eirik Kristoffersen said in an interview with TV2, without specifying how the numbers were calculated. “Ukrainian losses are probably over 100,000 dead or wounded. In addition Ukraine has about 30,000 civilians who died in this terrible war,” said the Norwegian general. Moscow and Kyiv have not provided reliable accounts for their losses for months. Read our Ukraine war blog below for the latest news…