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Thursday, September 10
We asked Ukrainian soldiers about Russian losses passing 1.5 million
Russia's total military losses in Ukraine have reached 1,500,870, Ukraine's General Staff said on Sept. 9, marking another grim milestone in the war for the Kremlin. It took roughly two years and three months for the Russian Armed Forces to incur their first 500,000 casualties. Moscow has now suffered roughly the same number in just the past 15 months, as technology increasingly shapes the battlefield and drones expand the kill zone almost daily. The Kremlin's total personnel losses in Ukraine
Russian drones strike Kyiv gas station, injure four, as near-daily attacks continue
Russian jet-powered drones struck Kyiv in the morning on Sept. 10, injuring four people and damaging a gas station in the Holosiivskyi district.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,502,390 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The figure includes 1,520 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Zelensky arrives in Canada to discuss Ukraine's air defense needs
President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Trump considering giving CIA chief Ratcliffe greater role in Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations, FT reports
U.S. officials have reportedly told their European counterparts about the proposed diplomatic shift, with Trump considering downsizing current special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner's role in negotiations.
Fires reported in Russia's Dagestan amid Ukrainian drone attack
Videos posted to social media purportedly show several fires burning in the city of Makhachkala amid active air raid alerts in the region. Preliminary reports indicate explosions reported in the vicinity of the city's port, located off the Caspian Sea.
About Donetsk Oblast
The Kyiv Independent's news and on-the-ground reporting from Donetsk Oblast, covering 26,517 square kilometers (10,239 square miles) in Ukraine’s East with a pre-war population of approximately 4.1 million. The administrative center is Kramatorsk, as Donetsk city has remained under Russian occupation since 2014. Donetsk Oblast has been the scene of intense fighting, for example, around the cities of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Vuhledar, as Moscow attempts to capture the entire region.
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"They have already postponed the deadlines for reaching the oblast's administrative borders 15 times," Deputy Presidential Office head Pavlo Palisa said.
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