Video appears to show Russian soldier saying 81% of his unit was wiped out after a week in Ukraine's most intense battle

• A Russian solider filmed himself describing huge losses in Avdiivka.
• He said that of his group of 75, only 14 had not been killed or wounded after a week.
• Avdiivka is the scene of the most intense fighting in Ukraine, and Russia's losses are piling up.

A Russian solider said that his unit had been almost totally wiped out after being sent to the most intense fight in Ukraine, according to a widely-shared video.

The soldier, speaking to a comrade, said they were sent there about a week ago, in which time almost all of them had been killed or wounded.

"75 of us came here. And now there are fucking 14 of us here left," he said — an 81% casualty rate.