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Marco Rubio: “The Russians are losing 5,000, not injured, dying.”

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Durbin Questions Secretary Rubio About $400 Million In Stalled U.S. Assistance For Ukraine

Published | Video Starts at 03:36

Unfortunately, those talks have stalled in recent months for a variety of reasons. The Ukrainians have actually made some battlefield gains in the last month as well. The Russians are losing 5,000, not injured, dying. In fact, it is the first conflict, according to the Department of War, it is one of the first conflicts ever in which the death rate is higher than the casualty rate on the Russian side. (03:36–03:41)

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Asserts that Russia is losing 5,000 soldiers who are dying, not just injured.

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