A Ukrainian army 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer fires a shell on the front line in Donetsk Oblast on Oct. 10, 2022. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 512,420 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 June 4.
This number includes 1,290 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 7,794 tanks, 15,020 armored fighting vehicles, 18,228 vehicles and fuel tanks, 13,345 artillery systems, 1,092 multiple launch rocket systems, 827 air defense systems, 357 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 10,766 drones, 27 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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Alexander Kleytman, a Holocaust survivor originally from Ukraine, and a 10-year-old girl named Matilda, whose parents immigrated to Australia from Ukraine, were both killed in the terrorist attack on Dec. 14.
Ukraine requires its partners to cover half of its projected $120 billion of defense spending to stay in the fight against Russia in 2026, Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Dec. 16.
The funds will be used to purchase "thousands of air defense systems, missiles, and automated turrets to shoot down drones," U.K. Defense Minister John Healey said.
European leaders will decide on Dec. 18–19 whether to proceed with a "reparations loan," a plan to lend up to 210 billion euros in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.
The prices dropped to just over $40 per barrel on average for Russian crude shipped from the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, and the Kozmino port in the Far East, Bloomberg reported.
As the U.S. increases pressure in peace talks, Russia's demand for a Ukrainian withdrawal from Ukraine-controlled parts of Donbas has sparked debate — including over whether such a decision could be made through a referendum during the war.
The Kyiv Independent news desk
