… then deletes it, claiming to have been hacked.

Uh-huh.

Pro-Kremlin Newspaper Posts Russian Death Toll Of Almost 10,000, Then Deletes It

The online report on March 20 cited the Russian Defense Ministry as reporting that 9,861 Russian soldiers had died since the start of the war on February 24.

This number is more or less in line with other estimates.

And not terribly well related, here’s a headline that might not make a whole lot of sense until you actually read the article:

Russia Breaks Off WWII Peace Talks Over Japan’s Stance On Ukraine Invasion

Turns out Russia and Japan are kinda-sorta still at war.