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Wednesday, February 11
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,249,380 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 820 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Ukraine's ballooning debt, explained
Ukraine's debt is ballooning. By the end of last year, the country owed over $213 billion to creditors — a hair's breadth away from the size of the country's entire economy. That doesn't include a new 90-billion-euro loan to Kyiv agreed by European leaders at a summit on Dec. 19, of which a sizable chunk will add to Ukraine's debt pile. As Russia's full-scale invasion approaches its fifth year and progress towards a peace deal remains uncertain, the anticipated postwar reconstruction boom is o
Another Ukrainian athlete says IOC barred helmet honoring 'Ukrainian bravery' at Olympics
Kateryna Kotsar, a Ukrainian freestyle skier, said on Feb. 10 that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) barred her from using a custom helmet with the inscription "Be Brave like Ukrainians" at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
More than 11,000 subscribers without power in Zaporizhzhia following Russian drone attack
A Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia late on Feb. 10 left over 11,000 subscribers without electricity in the city, local officials reported.
Wednesday, February 11
Russian strike on northeastern Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast kills 3 toddlers, 1 other
A Russian strike on Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv Oblast, killed four people, including three toddlers, and injured two others, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported overnight Feb. 11.
Ukrainian drones reportedly strike Russia's Volgograd oil refinery
Ukrainian drones targeted Russia's Volgograd oil refinery overnight Feb. 11, setting the site ablaze, local media reported.
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Ukraine targeted a Russian drone warehouse in Rostov-on-Don, located in Rostov Oblast, destroying three containers filled with FPV drones and their components, according to the report.
