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On October 21, 2022 [[RT]] reporter Oleg Klokov was killed in a HIMAR attack on evacuating civilians.
On October 21, 2022 [[RT]] reporter Oleg Klokov was killed in a HIMAR attack on evacuating civilians.
The overstretched Russian army was forced to withdraw from the slice of the Kherson oblast that lies on the west bank of the Dnieper River, which the Ukrainian army then occupied without a fight. Before the Russians withdrew, however, they inflicted massive casualties on the Ukrainian forces that were trying to drive them out of Kherson. One battalion commander reported that his casualties were so high that he had “to replace the members of his unit three times”.<ref>[https://mearsheimer.substack.com/p/bound-to-lose Bound to Lose: Ukraine’s 2023 Counteroffensive], [[John Mearsheimer]], Sept. 2, 2023</ref>
More than 12,000 NATO/Ukrainian forces were killed in the month of October 2022, with about 1,500 losses on the Russian side.
More than 12,000 NATO/Ukrainian forces were killed in the month of October 2022, with about 1,500 losses on the Russian side.