Ukrainian servicemen drive a Soviet-made T-64 tank in Sumy Oblast, near the border with Russia, on Aug. 11, 2024. Photo for illustrative purposes. (Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 600,470 troops since the beginning of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Aug. 19.
This number includes 1,200 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,513 tanks, 16,495 armored fighting vehicles, 23,047 vehicles and fuel tanks, 17,104 artillery systems, 1,165 multiple launch rocket systems, 925 air defense systems, 367 airplanes, 328 helicopters, 13,809 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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The package focuses on restoring energy systems damaged by Russian attacks, repairing transport networks and border crossings, and supporting small enterprises.
According to the SBU, the two individuals, a 24-year-old former student of a Kyiv technical university and his father, were gathering classified documentation with the intent to illegally transfer it to Chinese intelligence.
Moscow's forces launched yet another mass aerial attack, deploying 18 missiles and about 400 drones, including 200 Shahed-type kamikaze models, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
At least two were killed and 22 injured in a Russian attack on Kyiv overnight on July 10. The assault comes a day after Russia launched its largest-ever drone and missile strike against Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war.
"With 2.3 billion euros in agreements signed, we aim to unlock up to 10 billion euros in investments to rebuild homes, reopen hospitals, revive businesses, and secure energy," Ursula von der Leyen said.
Dictator Alexander Lukashenko's regime often labels organizations that oppose its policies as terrorists or extremists in order to ban their activities.
A Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) officer was murdered on July 10 in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv, the SBU's press service told the Kyiv Independent after a reported shooting in the district.
The full content of the resumed shipments is not immediately clear, though officials told the U.S. media they include 155 mm artillery rounds and GMLRS guided rocket munitions.
Daria Shulzhenko
