A Ukrainian soldier walks near a destroyed house and car in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine on March 16, 2024. A front line is a few kilometers from the city, on which Russian troops are dropping aerial bombs and shelling with artillery every day. (Roman Chop / Getty Images )
Russia has lost 899,470 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 March 20.
The number includes 1,400 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 10,377 tanks, 21,561 armored fighting vehicles, 41,094 vehicles and fuel tanks, 24,747 artillery systems, 1,322 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,110 air defense systems, 370 airplanes, 331 helicopters, 29,895 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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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 19 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.
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.
Estonia may veto the European Union's 18th sanctions package against Moscow if the Russian oil price cap is not lowered, Foreign Minister Margus Tsakhna said.
"Senate Republicans are committed to working with the House and White House to get this legislation through Congress and on to the president's desk," Majority Leader John Thune said.
CNN reported earlier that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the pause without informing the White House, and Trump has repeatedly distanced himself from the decision in public comments.
Rescuers retrieved the bodies of two victims from under the rubble, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said. A third man was killed by a drone and another civilian injured in the front-line city of Kostiantynivka.
The Czech Defense Ministry will provide 150 hours of training, worth approximately 32 million koruna (around $1.5 million), through the state-owned enterprise LOM Praha — at no charge to Ukraine.
Sonya Bandouil
