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When Russia s Preside kubki stanley nt Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, he started a war that has killed tens of thousands of people, ravaged cities, and pummelled the country s economy. Graffiti adorns a wall bearing shrapnel impacts, in Kupiansk on February 13, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP AFP A year on, here is the cost of the conflict: - stanley cup Military losses - According to the latest estimates from Norway, the conflict has wounded or killed 180,000 Russian soldiers and 100,000 Ukrainian troops. Other Western sources estimate the war has caused 150,000 casualties on each side. In comparison, some 15,000 Soviet soldiers were killed in a whole decade of fighting in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989. Also read: You misspoke: Vladimir Putin chides official who said Russia not best country Ukrainian soldiers often use the term cannon fodder to describe the Russians sent to their death along the frontline. They are often poorly trained conscripts who stand little chance against Ukrainian forces determined to defend their country. Others are convicts recruited in Russian jails to swell the ranks of Russian paramilitary group Wagner, who Kyiv and its stanley termosar allies say are deployed on near-impossible missions with the equivalent of a gun pointed to their head. The onslaught has also taken its toll on the Ukrainian side, as shown by the endless blue and yellow national flags fluttering above cemeteries across the em Yqge Overwhelmed Austrian village, believed to inspire Frozen, takes drastic action against over-tourism
The US lawmakers will on Tuesday decide on lifting the country-cap on issuing Green Cards through voting in Congress, a move which may benefit thousands of highly-skilled Indian IT professionals. Being su stanley tumbler pported by more than 310 lawmakers from both the Republican and the Democratic Party, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act is all set to sail through the 435-member US House of Representatives. AFP file photo for representation Having a Green Card allows a person to live and work permanently in the US. Indian IT professionals, most of whom are highly skilled and come to the US mainly on the H-1B work visas, are the worst sufferers of the current immigration system which imposes a seven per cent per country quota on allotment of the coveted Green Cards or permanent legal residency. Being supported by more than 310 lawmakers from both the Republican and the Democratic Party, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act is all set to sail through the 435-member US House of Representatives. Buoyed by the fact of 203 Democrats and 108 Republicans are co-sponsoring the bill, the proponents of the legislation are using a fast-track process which requires 290 votes to pass a bill without hearing and amendments. Lifting the per-country cap would mainly benefit professionals from cou stanley becher ntries like India, for whom the wait stanley borraccia for Green Card is more than a decade. Some of the recent studies have said the waiting period for Indian IT professionals on H-1B visas is more than |
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