A Ukrainian BMP tank fires at a firing range in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on Aug. 10, 2023. (Ignacio Marin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 1,070,890 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. 18.
The number includes 940 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 11,118 tanks, 23,148 armored fighting vehicles, 58,937 vehicles and fuel tanks, 31,632 artillery systems, 1,469 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,208 air defense systems, 422 airplanes, 340 helicopters, 51,685 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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Russia launched a wave of missile and drone attacks against Ukrainian cities late on Aug. 17, mere hours before President Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to meet for peace talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.
Zelensky cautioned that any new deal must prevent Russian President Vladimir Putin from using concessions as a "springboard" for another attack, citing Russia's seizure of Crimea in 2014.
"Oh, this is such a stupid media narrative that they're coming here tomorrow because Trump is going to bully Zelensky into a bad deal," U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told CBS.
Trump published the full text of the letter to his Truth Social account on Aug. 17, in response to criticism of his warm reception of the Russian president.
The domestically developed cruise missile has a reported range of 3,000 km (1,864 miles). The military has not yet publicly commented on the official technical specifications.
"I don’t believe (Russian President Vladimir) Putin wants peace, Macron told reporters after co-chairing a meeting of the coalition of the willing. "I believe he wants Ukraine’s surrender."
"We need real negotiations, and that means they can begin where the front line currently stands. The line of contact is the best line for negotiations," Zelensky wrote on social media following a meeting with members of the so-called "coalition of the willing."
In comments to various media networks on Aug. 17, Russia envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed the outcomes stemming from the Trump-Putin meeting, providing differing accounts of the progress made towards providing Kyiv with security guarantees.
The strike disrupted train traffic through the Lisky station, halting the supply of ammunition and troops to aid Russian forces fighting on Ukrainian territory, according to the source.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also backed "Article 5-like security guarantees" for Ukraine, saying the country must become "a steel porcupine, indigestible for potential invaders."
First face-to-face meeting between Russian President Putin and U.S. President Trump since the latter’s second term to the major push of Russian forces in the embattled Donetsk Oblast.
President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Brussels for a bilateral meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, presidential spokesperson Serhii Nykyforov told journalists on Aug. 17.
