Medics evacuate a wounded soldier who tripped a petal mine as evacuation takes place in darkness in the middle of a damaged forest on Jan. 27, 2024 around Kupiansk, Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)
Russia has lost 422,310 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 March 8.
This number includes 880 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 6,706 tanks, 12,798 armored fighting vehicles, 13,598 vehicles and fuel tanks, 10,375 artillery systems, 1,011 multiple launch rocket systems, 704 air defense systems, 347 airplanes, 325 helicopters, 7,963 drones, 26 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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The acclaimed journalist was reportedly on an editorial assignment in Vienna with his colleague Yaroslav Bondarenko when he was detained by Austrian authorities.
"We certainly are capable," Zelensky said about striking Russian data centers. "We always respond in kind. Regarding data centers, as you all know, they have been and still are striking our data centers."
"Meetings are expected to take place over two days... we are counting on a European team to join our negotiating group," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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