MOSCOW, May 12 (UPI) -- At least 220 Russian soldiers have died in fighting in Ukraine, a report released Tuesday by colleagues of slain activist Boris Nemtsov said.
Russia has denied its involvement in conflict between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. Nemtsov, a Russian politician critical of President Vladimir Putin, was shot to death as he walked down a Moscow street in February, and there has been speculation the information in today's 64-page report was the cause of his shooting.