Ukrainian soldiers fire the Ukrainian artillery piece 'Bohdana' from their artillery position in the direction of Toretsk, Ukraine, on 31 August 2025. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu)
Russia has lost around 1,114,380 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 Oct. 4.
The number includes 950 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 11,226 tanks, 23,298 armored fighting vehicles, 63,398 vehicles and fuel tanks, 33,428 artillery systems, 1,515 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,222 air defense systems, 427 airplanes, 346 helicopters, 66,543 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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Drones struck the Kirishi oil refinery in Russia's Leningrad oblast overnight on Oct. 4, sparking a fire that was later extinguished, officials and local media reported.
Authorities at Munich International Airport ordered a suspension in flight operations shortly after 9:30 p.m. local time after multiple drones were spotted in the vicinity of the airport for the second time in less than 24 hours.
Ukraine's Special Operations Forces said that its drones struck a P-14F "Lena" long-range detection radar system as well as a "Sopka-2" en route radar complex in Russia's Voronezh Oblast.
Both men were wearing protective gear marked "Press," Ukraine's 4th Separate Mechanized Brigade said, condemning the strike as a violation of international humanitarian law.
"Just today, Russia struck our gas infrastructure with 35 missiles, including ballistic weapons. It was a combined strike, and only half of the missiles were shot down," Zelensky said after a meeting with Ukraine's top military command.
"Ukraine is a country with a very difficult fate. Why should we share in this difficult fate? We have our own fate, which is much easier than that of the Ukrainians," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in an interview.
According to investigators, the suspect monitored Andriy Parubiy's daily routine and movements while preparing an escape plan abroad. Law enforcement officers detained him before he could leave Ukraine.
The disruption has stalled meetings between Ukrainian officials and U.S. counterparts from the Pentagon, State Department, and White House, according to the Telegraph.
