Soldiers of Ukraine's artillery crew fire a 122-mm howitzer at the positions of Russian troops in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, on Jan. 11, 2025. (Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Russia has lost around 1,119,390 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. 9.
The number includes 1,020 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 11,241 tanks, 23,325 armored fighting vehicles, 63,705 vehicles and fuel tanks, 33,534 artillery systems, 1,517 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,225 air defense systems, 427 airplanes, 346 helicopters, 68,293 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) "eliminated" on Oct. 25 a 45-year-old Russian lieutenant colonel Veniamin Mazzherin, involved in war crimes in Kyiv Oblast.
St. Petersburg police first detained Loginova, who performs under the stage name Naoko, on Oct. 15 after a video of her and her fellow bandmates performing anti-Kremlin songs by artists designated as "foreign agents" went viral.
Two Polish MiG-29 fighter jets escorted the aircraft from the area of responsibility, the Polish Armed Forces said, reporting that the Russian plane "did not violate Polish airspace."
"The American decision involves halting the rotation in Europe of a brigade that had units in several NATO countries," the Romanian Defense Ministry said.
Hryhorii Shapoval, spokesperson for the communications department of the East Group of Forces, reported on Oct. 28 on national television that Russian troops are on the outskirts of the town, where street fighting is ongoing.
Ukrainian drones targeted oil depots in the city of Simferopol and the village of Hvardiiske in Russian-occupied Crimea overnight on Oct. 29, the Crimean Wind Telegram channel reported.
The controversial former mayor of Odesa, Hennadiy Trukhanov, has been charged with negligence over his handling of a heavy rainstorm and flooding that devastated the coastal city late last month, the Prosecutor General's Office confirmed on Oct. 29.
India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) signed a deal with Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) in Moscow on Oct. 27 to jointly produce the SJ-100 civil passenger aircraft.
Ukraine's military reportedly struck an oil refinery as well as a chemical plant in Russia's western regions overnight on Oct. 29, Russian Telegram media channels reported.
President Volodymyr Zelensky instructed Ukraine's Defense Ministry on Oct. 28 to launch the "controlled export" of Ukrainian weapons abroad beginning in November 2025, the president announced on social media.
Maria Yeryoma
