RUSSIA would suffer almost two million more casualties if it tries to take Ukraine’s four eastern regions by force, UK officials have claimed.
Vladimir Putin has demanded Ukraine withdraws from Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson.
The Russian tyrant has reportedly told US President Donald Trump that he could still capture the territories anyway if the peace deal negotiations collapse.
But an intelligence briefing from the British Ministry of Defence suggested it would take Russia another 4½ years to achieve it based on its current advances.
It said that “would lead to approximately 1,930,000 further Russian casualties” — either killed or wounded.
The memo continues: “This is in addition to the approximately 1,060,000 casualties Russia has already likely sustained since launching the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, including around 250,000 killed or missing presumed dead.”
Yesterday fighting continued, with Russian missiles raining down in Bilozerske in the Donetsk region.
Yet Ukraine claimed to have made major gains in the oblast, retaking the settlements of Hruzke, Rubizhne, Novovodiane, Petrivka, Vesele and Zolotyi Kolodiaz in a 12-day push.
It came after Putin’s forces made a sudden offensive to break six miles towards Ukraine’s main defensive line in Donetsk.
President Zelensky has warned the Moscow madman will try to attack in bursts in the coming days to strengthen his hand in ceasefire talks.
Russia would suffer almost two million more casualties if it tries to take Ukraine’s four eastern regions by force, UK officials have claimed 
