Ukraine's military intelligence chief Oleh Ivashchenko said Ukrainian strikes are contributing to Russia's budget deficit, "which today stands at $82 billion."
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 jet-powered drones struck Kyiv in the morning on Sept. 10, injuring four people and damaging a gas station in the Holosiivskyi district.
The figure includes 1,520 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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.
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.
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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.
