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Mark Kelly: “They [Russians] have been losing upwards of 35,000 troops…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Something Big is Happening to Crimea | Senator Mark Kelly

Published | Video Starts at 00:11

I think it's fair to say right now the Ukrainians are winning. Now in the. This time of year is when the Russians usually have one of their bigger offensives, but they've been struggling. They've They [Russians] have been losing upwards of 35,000 troops every month. Now the Ukrainians are trying to drive that number up closer to 50,000. And the Russians are having a hard time replacing those troops that are killed and wounded in action. (00:11–05:03)

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Asserts that Russia has been losing over 35,000 troops monthly.

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