NATO Estimates Up To 40K Russian Troops Killed, Wounded, Or Captured In Ukraine

(Russia)  --  As many as 40-thousand Russian troops have been killed, injured, captured, or gone missing in the first month of the war in Ukraine.  That's according to a NATO estimate which says of that number, between seven- and 15-thousand troops are dead.  Russian officials have refused to disclose those numbers.  A Kremlin spokesperson says releasing them is the Ministry of Defense's "exclusive prerogative."