Two Russian helicopters were downed in a recent strike by the Ukrainian-made Magura V5 naval strike drones, Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) reported on its Telegram channel. HUR earlier said on Dec. 31 that only one helicopter had been destroyed.
This number includes 1,370 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
This number includes 1,250 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
During a battle in the Black Sea off the Western tip of occupied Crimea, the special unit Group 13 launched SeeDragon missiles from the Magura drone.
This number includes 1,610 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day
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"Russia continues to carry out constant 'human wave' assaults, suffering record losses," Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.
This number includes 2,010 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
This number includes 1,730 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
The figure includes both dead and wounded and is part of the total losses of approximately 785,000 Russian troops since the beginning of the invasion in February 2022.
This number includes 1,690 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
Video released by HUR shows a large explosion followed by what appears to be the detonation of a cluster munition.
This number includes 1,650 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
Ukrainian troops reportedly hit the command post of Russia's 810th Separate Marine Brigade in the town of Lgov in Kursk Oblast overnight on Dec. 25.
This number includes 1,630 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
This number includes 1,990 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
This number includes 1,820 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Dec. 22.
According to the outlets' conclusions for the year, 2024 will likely mark the "war's deadliest year," with a current count of over 20,000 deaths confirmed over the past 12 months — although final conclusions cannot yet be made as data on casualties continues to emerge.
This number includes 1,860 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
The U.K.'s latest estimate are in line with figures from Ukraine's General Staff, which, as of Dec. 19, sits at 768,220 troops lost since the start of the war. The figures do not specify killed or wounded, though the overall consensus is that it includes dead, wounded, missing, and captured.
This number includes 1,580 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
This number includes 1,600 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
This number includes 1,070 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
This number includes 1,280 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
North Korean soldiers allegedly killed eight members of the Chechen Akhmat unit in a "friendly fire" incident, HUR said, attributing the attack to persistent language barrier problems.
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 1,390 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
This number includes 1,390 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
"As in November, the Russian military is using a record number of its men in December in battles and assaults," President Zelensky said.
Russia has made territorial gains in Eastern Ukraine, using brutal meat wave tactics to achieve minor tactical victories on the frontline at the cost of high casualties among its soldiers.
This number includes 1,400 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
Of the total number, 346 were employees of the Wagner company, a private mercenary group also deployed in Russia's war in Ukraine and elsewhere.
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