Russian tank Ukraine
- Smoke rises from a Russian tank destroyed by Ukrainian forces, on the side of a road in Lugansk region.
  • Russia is sustaining high casualties in attacks in Ukraine, The New York Times reported. 
  • Around 1,000 Russian troops a day were killed or wounded, officials told the publication. 
  • But Russia is able to recruit new troops to replace the casualties, according to the Times.  

An average of 1,000 Russian troops a day were killed or wounded in Ukraine in May amid waves of head-on attacks on Ukrainian defenses, US, UK, and other Western intelligence agencies said, according to The New York Times.