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General Staff: Russia has lost 44,100 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24.

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Ukraine’s General Staff reported on Aug. 17 that Russia had also lost 1,886 tanks, 4,162 armored fighting vehicles, 993 artillery systems, 263 multiple launch rocket systems, 136 air defense systems, 196 helicopters, 233 airplanes, 792 drones, and 15 boats.

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Ukraine is striking oil refineries deep inside Russia — but it’s not really the oil they’re after. The Kyiv Independent’s Dominic Culverwell explains how Ukraine’s drone campaign targets the high-tech equipment Russia cannot easily replace under sanctions.

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Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski’s visit came days after the largest Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace during a mass strike on Ukraine, in what Polish officials describe as a "deliberately targeted" strike and provocation.

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