The Russian military is sending wounded troops on crutches back to the frontlines to fight, and redeploying soldiers with significant injuries to combat roles, as it struggles with growing manpower issues,

The Kremlin said on Thursday that any plan to send European troops to Ukraine as part of a potential peacekeeping mission would be unacceptable for Russia and that it was monitoring such proposals with concern.

The total combat losses of Russian troops in Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to February 22, 2025, amounted to about 866 thousand people, including 1,140 over the past day. — Ukrinform.