A Ukrainian soldier covers his ears during the mortar fire in the direction of Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on Nov. 7, 2024. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 736,630 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 Nov. 28.
This number includes 1,220 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,450 tanks, 19,306 armored fighting vehicles, 30,186 vehicles and fuel tanks, 20,852 artillery systems, 1,256 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,005 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 19,661 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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"The suspect has given an initial testimony. Urgent investigative actions are currently underway to establish all the circumstances of this murder," President Volodymyr Zelensky announced in the early hours of Sept. 1.
A survey by the Rating Group, conducted on Aug. 21-23, 2025, found that the majority of Ukrainians polled want peace and are open to certain concessions, but only on the condition that their country receives international security guarantees.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in an interview on Aug. 31 that he expects Russia's war in Ukraine to last a long time, as most wars end in military defeat or economic collapse — a scenario he does not foresee for Russia or Ukraine.
"The only 100% verified result achieved by Russia since the beginning of 2025 is its own losses — over 291,000 soldiers killed and wounded," Ukraine's General Staff said on Aug. 31.
U.S.-Ukraine peace talks, Russia’s massive missile strike on Kyiv that killed 25 civilians, and Moscow’s first reported occupation of villages in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Also, Ukraine’s escalating drone attacks on Russian oil refineries.
The positions previously allowed Russian troops to control the road leading into Kupiansk, approximately 104 kilometers (65 miles) east of Kharkiv, the regional capital.
