Ukraine’s newly appointed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said one of the country’s key strategic goals in the war is to inflict losses on Russian forces at a rate of up to 50,000 soldiers eliminated per month. Speaking during an off-the-record meeting with journalists, Fedorov said that Ukrainian Defense Forces eliminated about 35,000 Russian troops last month, with all losses confirmed by video evidence. JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . “The