Photo for illustrative purposes. Ukrainian soldiers ride on an armoured vehicle in Novostepanivka, Kharkiv Oblast, on Sept. 19, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 495,070 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 May 21.
This number includes 1,380 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 7,605 tanks, 14,699 armored fighting vehicles, 17,383 vehicles and fuel tanks, 12,779 artillery systems, 1,077 multiple launch rocket systems, 811 air defense systems, 354 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 10,290 drones, 27 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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Ukraine struck the Russian city of Belgorod and a neighboring district with "a massive missile attack" overnight, causing power outages, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov claimed on Feb. 27.
Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko welcomed the IMF decision, saying that, "It is very important for us that in the fifth year of full-scale war, amidst systematic attacks on the energy sector, Ukraine has guaranteed international financial support from partners and resources for the stable functioning of the state."
Ukrainian delegates met U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Geneva as part of the ongoing efforts to broker a peace with Moscow, Ukraine's top negotiator, Rustem Umerov, announced on Feb. 26.
Swedish broadcaster SVT reported that Swedish forces used electronic countermeasures after a suspected Russian drone launched from a nearby vessel approached France’s aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle during NATO exercises in Malmö.
Employees of several agencies looked for warrants in the Midas case in the official register for court decisions and got access to them in November and December, according to log-in data obtained by the NABU.
Russia launched a combined missile and drone attack across Ukraine early on Feb. 26, targeting Kyiv and other cities and causing damage to residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.
"Law enforcement investigators, together with representatives of Ukrainian expert institutions, will take all necessary measures aimed at identifying the repatriated deceased," the Coordination Headquarters said.
