A soldier adjusts the aim of a Caesar self-propelled gun near the eastern front line of Ukraine, in an undisclosed location, on June 9, 2025. (Florent Vergnes/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 1,068,040 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. 15.
The number includes 940 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 11,106 tanks, 23,133 armored fighting vehicles, 58,596 vehicles and fuel tanks, 31,498 artillery systems, 1,467 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,207 air defense systems, 422 airplanes, 340 helicopters, 51,190 drones, 3,558 cruise missiles, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces recorded drone incursions over border areas and that preliminary assessments suggest the unmanned aircraft were "conducting reconnaissance on the industrial potential of Ukraine's border areas."
Mayor Ihor Terekhov confirmed the strike, saying the drone involved was preliminarily identified as a Russian-made "Molniya." He said all four injured people were receiving medical care.
Romania is reportedly in talks with Ukraine to jointly produce drones, drawing on Kyiv's "battle-tested" technology, under the EU's SAFE rearmament program.
President Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly told U.S. President Donald Trump that the advanced weapons system could help pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin into negotiations for a peace deal.
Krasnodar Krai's regional operational headquarters reported that Ukrainian drones debris fell on one of the refinery’s units amid a wider drone attack on the region. The Russian officials claimed that a fire spanning 30 square meters (323 square feet) was extinguished by crews.
"The capabilities of the enemy's military-industrial complex have been significantly reduced; we can see this on the battlefield," Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.
