Ukrainian soldiers of the 43rd Brigade are seen working on a Soviet era Pion self-propelled howitzer in the direction of Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, on Jan. 27, 2025 (Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Russia has lost around 1,059,270 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. 6.
The number includes 1,010 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 11,072 tanks, 23,091 armored fighting vehicles, 57,475 vehicles and fuel tanks, 31,133 artillery systems, 1,455 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,203 air defense systems, 421 airplanes, 340 helicopters, 49,767 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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Halushchenko is being investigated by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) as part of a large-scale corruption case into Energoatom involving Timur Mindich, a close associate of President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The two are implicated in the $100 million corruption scandal centered on the state-owned nuclear power company Energoatom, which has rocked the country since Monday.
The comments follow reporting by the Financial Times (FT) that British national security advisor Jonathan Powell tried to open a backchannel with Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov earlier this year.
Ukrainian forces withdrew from the village of Rivnopillia in northeastern Zaporizhzhia Oblast late on Nov. 11, Ukraine's Southern Defense Forces reported.
Ukraine's Special Operations Forces confirmed its "successful fire attack" on Stavrolen petrochemical enterprise, a Lukoil-owned petrochemical complex in Budyonnovsk, southern Russia, overnight on Nov. 12.
Romania must take control over the local subsidiary of Russia’s Lukoil to protect its national energy system and enforce international sanctions, Romanian Energy Minister Bogdan Ivan said on Nov. 12.
Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi confirmed that Russian troops have managed to seize "three settlements" amid "fierce fighting" in the region.
Purported videos posted on social media appear to show a large explosion and subsequent fire emanating from the Starobesheve power plant in the occupied community of Novyi Svit in Donetsk Oblast, following a projectile strike on the target.
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