Ukrainian soldier load a shell for the 105mm OTO Melara artillery in the direction of Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on Sept. 9, 2025. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 1,092,780 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. 12.
The number includes 890 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 11,177 tanks, 23,266 armored fighting vehicles, 61,403 vehicles and fuel tanks, 32,668 artillery systems, 1,485 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,217 air defense systems, 422 airplanes, 341 helicopters, 58,467 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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Japan is also immediately lowering the G7-imposed price cap on Russian seaborne crude from $60 to $47.60 per barrel, echoing similar steps by the EU, the U.K., and other partners.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski’s visit came days after the largest Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace during a mass strike on Ukraine, in what Polish officials describe as a "deliberately targeted" strike and provocation.
When asked by reporters what his reaction was to the incursion, Trump responded: "It could have been a mistake. But regardless, I'm not happy with anything to do with that whole situation."
Ukraine will help Poland develop effective anti-drone defenses while France, the U.K., Sweden, and the Netherlands will supply military equipment, including fighter jets and Patriot batteries, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
Over 200 drones were downed across Russia overnight, the defense ministry claimed. Some drones attacked the Primorsk Port, Russia's largest oil-loading port in the Baltic Sea.
Poland will send its military representatives to Ukraine to undergo consultations and training on how to effectively shoot down Russian drones, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sept. 11.
According to a readout provided by Ukraine's Presidential Office, Zelensky and Kellogg discussed providing Kyiv with additional weaponry as well implementing additional economic pressure on Russia during the meeting.
