Ukrainian soldiers of Ukraine's 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade hold a frontline position on Sept. 29, 2024 in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Pierre Crom/Getty Images)
Russia has lost 683,040 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 Oct. 23.
This number includes 1,460 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,088 tanks, 18,229 armored fighting vehicles, 27,217 vehicles and fuel tanks, 19,674 artillery systems, 1,234 multiple launch rocket systems, 981 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 17,489 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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"Constructive dialogue between Russia and the U.S. will always achieve more than the tired, destructive language of pressure," Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund, wrote.
Ukraine's Air Force said Russian forces launched 136 drones overnight, including Iranian-designed Shahed-type attack drones, and fired four S-300/400 guided missiles.
Russian Shahed-type drones regularly breach Belarusian airspace as they fly towards Ukrainian cities during mass attacks which have escalated significantly over recent weeks.
Russian President Vladimir Putin told U.S. President Donald Trump that Moscow intended to continue offensive operations until it secured the full administrative borders of occupied Ukrainian regions.
The EU is close to reaching a full agreement on its 18th sanctions package against Moscow, which will include a new Russian oil price cap, Reuters reported on July 13, citing four sources within the bloc.
"We will send them Patriots, which they desperately need, because (Russian President Vladimir) Putin really surprised a lot of people. He talks nice and then bombs everybody in the evening," U.S. President Donald Trump said on July 13.
"Industry needs to ramp up its capacities. That applies to ammunition, to drones, to tanks — really to almost every area," German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said.
Western countries and Israel suspect Tehran of seeking to develop a nuclear weapon, a claim Iran denies, defending what it calls its "non-negotiable" right to develop a civilian nuclear program.
A Russian drone attack on Ukraine's northeastern Sumy Oblast on July 13 killed one person and injured nine others, Governor Oleh Gryhorov reported, amid a larger attack on the region's critical infrastructure.
Moscow's ongoing summer offensive has not reached the Kremlin's expectations as Ukrainian troops continue to thwart Russian attacks on various regions, President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed on July 13.
The Kyiv Independent news desk
