A Ukrainian soldier aims a 120 mm mortar to fire at Russian positions in Kharkiv Oblast on Sept. 26, 2023. (Roman Chop/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reportedon Nov. 9 that Russia had lost 308,720 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022.
This number includes 1,080 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 5,316 tanks, 10,014 armored fighting vehicles, 9,853 vehicles and fuel tanks, 7,475 artillery systems, 875 multiple launch rocket systems, 577 air defense systems, 322 airplanes, 324 helicopters, 5,593 drones, 20 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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Russia launched a missile attack on a military training facility of Ukraine's Ground Forces on July 29, killing at least three soldiers and injuring another 18.
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"I don't know if it’s gonna affect Russia, because he (Russian President Vladimir Putin) wants to obviously probably keep the war going, but we're gonna put tariffs and various things," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said both leaders expressed support for the new bill and agreed on the urgent need for the Ukrainian parliament to vote on it this week.
The man is suspected of setting fire to construction warehouses in Warsaw on May 23 and in Radom, a city some 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of the capital, on May 30, Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW) said.
A Russian air strike against a prison in southern Zaporizhzhia Oblast late on July 28 killed 16 convicts and injured dozens more, Ukraine's State Criminal-Executive Service said.
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The Kyiv Independent news desk
