A soldier with a machine gun in his hands looks at the sky and detects enemy drones on July 31, 2024 in the Toretsk district in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)
Russia has lost 628,930 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 Sept. 11.
This number includes 1,140 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,642 tanks, 16,938 armored fighting vehicles, 24,388 vehicles and fuel tanks, 17,936 artillery systems, 1,182 multiple launch rocket systems, 943 air defense systems, 368 airplanes, 328 helicopters, 14,990 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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Following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Beijing on July 15, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that mutual trust between the two countries had "deepened" and called on both sides to "strengthen mutual support on multilateral forums."
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called upon the EU to take action against Ukraine's conscription practices in an interview with Origo published on July 15, amid an ongoing dispute with Kyiv over the death of a Ukrainian conscript of Hungarian ethnicity.
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The facility reportedly manufactures batteries for missile guidance and glider modules, including for the Iskander system and cruise missiles, which Russia has been increasingly using to target Ukrainian cities.
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"On one hand, it is very positive that President Trump is taking on a strong stance on Russia... On the other hand, 50 days is a very long time if we see that they are killing innocent civilians," EU Special Envoy Kaja Kallas said.
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The Kyiv Independent news desk
