A soldier with a machine gun in his hands looks at the sky and detects enemy drones on July 31, 2024, in Toretsk district, Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)
Russia has lost 588,540 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Aug. 9.
This number includes 1,030 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,434 tanks, 16,341 armored fighting vehicles, 22,371 vehicles and fuel tanks, 16,536 artillery systems, 1,142 multiple launch rocket systems, 916 air defense systems, 366 airplanes, 327 helicopters, 13,325 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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This is despite the group's public map showing a Russian advance of 14 square kilometers (about 5.4 square miles) in May, due to the delay in publicly acknowledging advances by the Ukrainian military amid security concerns, according to DeepState.
"The president has tasked us with trying to end this war as quickly as possible. I can confirm that this is indeed his goal — to bring hostilities to an end as soon as possible, preferably before winter," President's Office Head Kyrylo Budanov told the Kyiv Independent.
"The evidence identified at the scene is structurally and functionally identical to those recovered... in previous incidents involving Geran-2 type unmanned aerial vehicles," the country's Defense Ministry said.
Russia launched 265 Shahed-type attack drones against Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said. Ukrainian air defenses shot down 228 of them, while 27 drones struck targets at 18 locations.
"Every Arc7 tanker serviced in Denmark could help prolong Russian Arctic LNG exports for years," Alexander Kirk, a sanctions campaigner at Urgewald, said.
With Ukrainian forces regaining the battlefield initiative, Kyiv has until winter to effectively negotiate with Moscow, Zelensky told CBS News in a May 31 interview.
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