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General Staff: Russia has lost 661,630 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

Russia has lost 661,630 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 Oct. 7. This number includes 1,160 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day. According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,933 tanks, 17,710 armored fighting […]

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October 7, 2024

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Ukraine state-owned enterprises weekly — Issue 150

Editor’s Note: This is issue 150 of Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly, covering events from Sept. 29 – Oct. 5, 2024. The Kyiv Independent is reposting it with permission. Corporate governance of SOEs Cabinet completes the composition of UDI’s supervisory board. On Oct. 4, the Cabinet of Ministers appointed Timur Bondaryev as an independent member of […]

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October 8, 2024

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Ukraine war latest: Russian weapons depot storing North Korean shells, missiles set ablaze after drone attack, Kyiv says

Key developments on Oct. 9: Russian weapons depot storing North Korean shells, missiles set ablaze after drone attack, Ukraine's military reports Ramstein-format meeting postponed after Biden cancels foreign visits Battlefield situation calls for decisive action to end war in 2025, Zelensky says Two more IRIS-T anti-aircraft systems arrive in Ukraine A Ukrainian drone strike set […]

Ukraine

October 9, 2024

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Russia launched new push in Kursk Oblast, Kyiv claims attack 'thwarted'

Russian forces launched a new counterattack against Ukraine's left flank in Russia's Kursk Oblast, several Russian and Ukrainian Telegram channels claimed on Oct. 10. A Ukrainian official commented that the "Russian plan in Kursk Oblast has been thwarted so far" as Russian forces suffered losses. Ukraine launched its cross-border incursion into Kursk Oblast in early […]

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October 11, 2024

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Air Force: Ukraine downs 31 drones overnight

Ukraine shot down 31 of 68 combat drones Russia launched overnight on Oct. 13, Ukraine's Air Force said in its morning update. Anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire units were engaged in repelling the aerial assault. The drones were downed over Kyiv, Poltava, Chernihiv, Sumy and Cherkasy oblasts. Russia also attacked Ukraine […]

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October 13, 2024

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Precarious road to Republican US support of Ukraine runs through evangelicals

In the final weeks of campaigning for the U.S. election, a top focus of Donald Trump has been rebooting a wave of evangelical support that proved crucial to his victorious 2016 presidential campaign. “I’ll tell you another (group) that don’t vote, I love these people, evangelical Christians,” Trump, the Republican party’s presidential candidate, said at […]

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October 14, 2024

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UK preparing suggestions to Ukraine's victory plan, Syrskyi says

The U.K. is working on its own proposals as part of the practical part of Ukraine's victory plan, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Oct. 16 after a phone call with his British counterpart. Following a conversation with U.K. Chief of Defense Staff Tony Radakin, Syrskyi said that they discussed the possibility of hitting Russian military […]

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October 16, 2024

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US announces new sanctions against Chinese, Russian producers of drones used in Ukraine

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on Oct. 17 new sanctions against two Chinese entities and one Russian company, as well as one Russian national, involved in the production of Russian Garpiya drones used to attack Ukraine. Reuters reported in September that Russia had secretly established a development and production […]

Ukraine

October 17, 2024

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Kursk Oblast conscripts among Russians returned in POW exchange, Russian org says

Many of the 95 Russian prisoners of war (POWs) exchanged in the latest Moscow-Kyiv prisoner swap were conscripts captured in Kursk Oblast, the Russian organization "Our Way Out" reported. Ukraine and Russia on Oct. 18 conducted their 58th prisoner exchange, with each side swapping 95 detainees. Prisoners returned to Ukraine include human rights activist Maksym […]

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October 18, 2024

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Russia's Black Sea Fleet forced to redeploy over Ukrainian drone attacks, Russian proxy admits

Russia has redeployed vessels of its Black Sea Fleet due to attacks by Ukrainian naval drones, Dmitry Rogozin, a Russian proxy head of occupation authorities in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, said in an interview with Kremlin-controlled Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper published on Oct. 21. Rogozin's surprise admission is in line with previous statements made by Ukrainian officials. Successful […]

Ukraine

October 21, 2024

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North Korea has sent pilots to Russia to join its war in Ukraine, Newsweek reports

North Korea has dispatched pilots who can fly Russian warplanes to join the war in Ukraine, Newsweek reported on Oct. 22, citing South Korean television network TV Chosun. Moscow is planning to involve Pyongyang in the full-scale war against Ukraine in the coming months, with around 10,000 North Korean soldiers being prepared to join the […]

Ukraine

October 22, 2024

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UK prepares another group of future Ukrainian F-16 pilots, bringing total number of trainees to 200

Another group of Ukrainian military personnel completed elementary flying training for F-16 fighter jets in the U.K., the British Royal Air Force (RAF) reported on Oct. 22. British instructors have trained a total of 200 Ukrainian pilots so far, according to British Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces Luke Pollard. The U.K. and other […]

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October 23, 2024

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