Bodies of dead Russians stack up as Putin losses ‘reach more than 20,000’

More bodies of Russian troops left to rot in battle have been found in eastern Ukraine as some estimates say more than 20,000 may have died.

Video footage – which has not been verified – shows dead bodies of Russian soldiers surrounded by frying pans, drills and children's toys, allegedly looted from the Ukrainian population.

According to reports on the ground, the battalion was caught and killed in Sumy, near the Russian border.

German journalist Julian Ropcke, who writes for BILD, tweeted: “These Russians stole pans, toys, drills.

“But for this group, the raid in Sumy ended in death.”

Ukraine's head of the regional military administration, Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, who is also governor of Sumy, said on Telegram: “Russian troops have been actively withdrawing from our region since yesterday.

“Last week we saw a large accumulation of Russian troops from Bilopillia to Konotop, around Konotop.

“New columns came in, they dug in and terrorized the region. We have seen a lot of equipment coming towards Russia, with our artillery chasing them.

“The Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense have driven them out through the entire Chernihiv region.”

Despite the more positive news, he had recently called on anyone in the area to attempt to evacuate to safer locations, where possible.

The crew killed in the region is thought to be comprised of around 10 men, while the total Russian death toll is rumoured to be around 20,000.

Zhyvytskyi was one of the first Ukrainian politicians to make use of the Telegram messaging app to keep the world informed on the realities of the situation on the ground in Ukraine.

The audience on his channel has reached more than 90,000.

The news of more Russian losses comes just a few hours after claims that Russian soldiers dug trenches inside the contaminated Chernobyl exclusion zone were seemingly verified thanks to new drone footage.

Footage verified by geolocation website liveuamap.com shows trenches dug deep into the ground just a few miles away from the now-covered former nuclear power plant in Chernobyl.

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