Ukrainian military conducts training on Leopard 2 tanks at the test site on May 14, 2023, in Ukraine. (Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 1,085,410 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 Sept. 4.
The number includes 840 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 11,157 tanks, 23,241 armored fighting vehicles, 60,692 vehicles and fuel tanks, 32,385 artillery systems, 1,479 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,215 air defense systems, 422 airplanes, 341 helicopters, 56,045 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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"Russia does not intend to discuss foreign intervention in Ukraine, which is fundamentally unacceptable and undermines all security, in any form or format," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.
Two Ukrainian administrators of Melitopol Telegram channels were sentenced by Russian-controlled courts to prison terms of up to 16 years, according to press service reports on Sept. 3.
"He'll make a decision one way or the other. Whatever his decision is, we'll either be happy about it or unhappy. And if we're unhappy about it, you'll see things happen," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
Belgorod authorities introduced new restrictions on sharing information about drone attacks in the region, the Astra Telegram channel reported on Sept. 3.
"It's very simple. Some media outlets claim that if Ukrainian soldiers left the eastern regions of our country, peace would be restored. This is not true," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Russia seized four Ukrainian regional centers in 2014, and has not managed to change that number after three and a half years of full-scale war, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said.
The prisoners were accused of conducting sabotage and reconnaissance operations against military and industrial facilities within Russia, including the Shaykovka air base.
"I believe that our work will bring strong security guarantees for Ukraine," Zelensky said after speaking with Macron. This is his eighth visit to Paris since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
