Servicemen of one of the mobile air defense units of the 5th Slobozhanska Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine are seen on combat duty in unknown location in Ukraine on Feb. 27, 2024. (Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy / Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 943,060 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 April 22.
The number includes 1,130 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 10,683 tanks, 22,296 armored fighting vehicles, 45,458 vehicles and fuel tanks, 26,689 artillery systems, 1,368 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,140 air defense systems, 370 airplanes, 335 helicopters, 33,388 drones, 3,148 cruise missiles, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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The measure enables older volunteers to serve in non-combat and specialized roles, expanding Ukraine’s recruitment pool amid continued manpower shortages.
A Russian air strike against a prison in southern Zaporizhzhia Oblast late on July 28 killed 16 convicts and injured dozens more, Ukraine's State Criminal-Executive Service said.
Sources told European Pravda that if the controversial legislation curtailing the independence of anti-graft agencies is not rolled back, the EU would pause funding under the G7's ERA loan, a program covered by frozen Russian assets. Funding via the EIB and the EBRD would also be paused, according to the outlet.
Belarusian independent media outlet Zerkalo, citing local residents, reported that the drone crashed into an apartment building, then struck a parked car, and exploded.
The plot was orchestrated by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), which used false-flag tactics and psychological manipulation to recruit a Ukrainian national, according to the SBU.
Ukraine's military reportedly launched a large-scale drone attack on Russia's Rostov Oblast overnight on July 29, striking a railway station in the town of Salsk, local officials reported.
"This decision guarantees manageability, financial capacity, and effective dialogue with the cultural community," Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said.
The strike targeted the Kamianske district, damaging an uninhabited three-story building, authorities said. The attack also damaged nearby medical facilities, including a maternity hospital and a hospital ward.
The United States likely stationed a portion of its nuclear weapons arsenal in the United Kingdom for the first time since 2008, Bloomberg reported on July 28, as the U.S. seeks to reaffirm solidarity with European allies amid increased Russian threats.
"Indeed, peace is possible if we act strongly and decisively, and we have repeatedly said — and all partners know this — that sanctions are a key element. Russia factors in the sanctions, factors in such losses," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Explosions and fires were reported in Donetsk, followed by a blackout amid an alleged Ukrainian drone attack on the occupied city just before midnight on July 28.
"We thought we had that settled numerous times, and then President Putin goes out and starts launching rockets into some city like Kyiv and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
Switzerland's Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) explained that under its host-state agreement, it is obliged to facilitate the participation of official delegates in international events held on Swiss territory.
Oleg Sukhov
