Ukrainian soldiers operate a Soviet-era howitzer D-30 near the town of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on Nov. 09, 2024. (Diego Fedele/Getty Images)
Russia has lost 761,160 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 Dec. 14.
This number includes 1,040 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,539 tanks, 19,675 armored fighting vehicles, 31,217 vehicles and fuel tanks, 21,102 artillery systems, 1,253 multiple launch rocket systems, 1023 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 20,229 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 3 that Vladimir Putin had "kept his word" on a temporary truce on strikes against Ukraine's energy infrastructure, remarks that came after Russia targeted Ukraine's power plants overnight.
During a Feb. 3 press conference in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Congressional Ukraine Caucus called for increased pressure on Russia, including new sanctions, and said it is one signature away from forcing a vote on the Ukraine Support Act.
A Russian drone strike on Zaporizhzhia on Feb. 3 killed two 18-year-olds and injured at least eleven other people, including three children, Ukrainian authorities said.
Russian forces launched a mass ballistic missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight on Feb. 3, striking multiple residential buildings across the city and injuring at least three people, officials said.
"I'm absolutely confident that the money will be there," Rutte said during a press conference alongside President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv when asked about the figure requested by Ukraine.
The U.S. believes launching three projects under a joint U.S.-Ukrainian investment fund created under the so-called minerals deal last year is achievable, but ambitious, a senior U.S. official told reporters on Feb. 2.
A more extensive Russian attack would trigger a coordinated Western-led military response backed by U.S. forces, initiated 72 hours after the initial breach, the Financial Times reported.
