A Ukrainian soldier fires towards the Russian position on Dec. 28 in the direction of Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast. (Ozge Elif Kizil/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 358,270 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24 last year, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Dec. 30.
This number includes 750 casualties Russian forces reportedly suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 5,969 tanks, 11,053 armored fighting vehicles, 11,244 vehicles and fuel tanks, 8,434 artillery systems, 939 multiple launch rocket systems, 621 air defense systems, 329 airplanes, 324 helicopters, 6,554 drones, and 23 boats.
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A farewell ceremony was held in Kyiv on Nov. 7 for for Kostiantyn Huzenko, a photographer-turned-soldier, killed in a Russian strike on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on Nov. 1.
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The European Commission adopted stricter rules on issuing visas to Russian citizens, who will be largely banned from receiving multi-entry visas, the EU announced on Nov. 7.
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The Kremlin has officially incorporated the occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions into Russia’s Southern Military District, the Center for Countering Disinformation reported on Nov. 6.
Ukraine has submitted a draft education law to Hungary that partly addresses Budapest’s demands related to language policy in schools, Deputy Prime Minister Taras Kachka said on Nov. 7.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged member states and their defense industries to "outgun, outproduce, and outsmart those that seek to harm or diminish us."
Daria Shulzhenko
