Ukrainian soldiers fire the Ukrainian artillery piece Bohdana from their artillery position in the direction of Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on 31 Aug. 2025. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Russia has lost around 1,102,570 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. 22.
The number includes 960 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 11,194 tanks, 23,282 armored fighting vehicles, 62,363 vehicles and fuel tanks, 32,999 artillery systems, 1,493 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,218 air defense systems, 422 airplanes, 344 helicopters, 62,001 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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The Soviet-designed Be-12 Chayka (NATO reporting name Mail) is an anti-submarine amphibious aircraft equipped with high-value systems used for detecting and engaging submarines.
There is growing concern that U.S.-made aircraft components could be diverted to Russian airlines, which face acute shortages of spare parts and maintenance capacity after more than three years under Western sanctions.
A source reportedly told the Crimean Wind Telegram channel that "very important guests" were staying at the Foros resort at the time of the attack. The Kyiv Independent could not verify these claims.
Kyiv has drawn up proposals for a "controlled export" of Ukrainian weapons, particularly sea drones, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Sept. 21.
U.S. President Donald Trump again urged European countries to stop importing oil from Russia, during a dinner in Mount Vernon, Virginia, Bloomberg reported on Sept. 21.
The aircraft, an Il-20M, departed from Russia and entered international airspace without establishing communication, making visual identification the only way to confirm its presence.
The analysis shows that 42% of these deaths occurred within the first year after President Vladimir Putin announced Russia's month-long "partial mobilization" in September 2022.
This week on Ukraine This Week, the Kyiv Independent’s Anna Belokur covers the ongoing response to the Sept. 9 violation of Polish airspace by Russian drones — the first instance of NATO engaging Russia militarily on its own soil since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
