A Ukrainian soldier from the 93rd Mechanized Brigade in the back of a pickup truck in the direction of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on Dec. 31, 2025. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Russia has lost around 1,209,880 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, Ukraine's General Staff reported on Jan. 2.
The number includes 910 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day, the General Staff said.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 11,494 tanks, 23,851 armored fighting vehicles, 72,587 vehicles and fuel tanks, 35,720 artillery systems, 1,589 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,267 air defense systems, 434 airplanes, 347 helicopters, 99,043 drones, 4,137 cruise missiles, 28 ships and boats, and two submarines.
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“Even if we wanted to supply (potash) to Western markets, we simply do not have those volumes — everything is contracted," Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko said.
The SBU did not publicly name the intended target, saying only that he had fought for Ukraine since 2022, first in Kyiv Oblast and later on the eastern front, and currently heads a nationwide civic organization while working as a kickboxing coach.
The move comes as security concerns are growing along Russia’s northwestern border. NATO officials have warned about Russian drone incursions, airspace violations, sabotage, and other hybrid threats, while countries in the region have been strengthening air defenses.
"We are also ready to secure additional SAMP/T air defense systems and missiles for them using the financial resources available through the EU loan," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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