Day 1,600 of WW3 means it's time to touch base with some other numbers: 1,419,090 Russian troops lost, along with 403,959 drones, 45,807 artillery systems, 12,120 tanks, 790 aircraft, 33 ships, and 2 submarines. It's your Sunday Ukraine thread [News]

Day 1,589 of WW3. More bad news for Orcistan: Ukraine purchases 16 Gripen E warplanes. Moscow closes rail crossings into the Baltics, and the repatriated bodies of UAF troops are rigged with explosives. This is your Wednesday Ukraine war thread [News]

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[Photo] 🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Russian Defence Ministry daily briefing, Top News Today.160 Russian serviceme [...]

— Russian Defence Ministry daily briefing, Top News Today.160 Russian servicemen returned from Kiev-controlled territory in a prisoner exchange.Overnight high-precision strike hit a military recruitment center and weapons storage in Kiev, and a refinery in Kremenchug, Poltava region.In Konstantinovka, Russian forces liberated 763 buildings between June 20–26, continuing to clear Ukrainian groups in the southwest.In Krasny Liman, assault units captured 50 strongholds and liberated 327 buildings over the same period.Russian Aerospace Forces launched a series of FAB-500 aerial bomb raids on Ukrainian positions across the operation zone.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​@IntelSlava

Kyiv Hammered By Deadly Strikes On Eve Of Crucial NATO Summit

A massive wave of Russian ballistic missiles and drones tore through Ukraine’s capital early Monday morning, killing at least 18 people and leaving dozens more injured. The pre-dawn bombardment struck multiple residential areas just a day before world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, are set to gather in Ankara, Turkey, for a critical NATO [] Kyiv Hammered By Deadly Strikes On Eve Of Crucial NATO Summit

Russia-Ukraine war casualties top 2 million, including 600K deaths

A new think tank report claimed that the total casualties in the Russia-Ukraine war have risen to over 2 million, including up to 600,000 deaths, but the confirmed total remains elusive. The report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, released on Wednesday, gave the think tank’s latest input on the grinding war that []...Click to read more

Unrelenting war in Ukraine sees skyrocketing death toll in fifth year

A new think tank report claimed that the total casualties in the Russia-Ukraine war have risen to over 2 million, including up to 600,000 deaths, but the confirmed total remains elusive. The report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, released on Wednesday, gave the think tank’s latest input on the grinding war that []

War Update: 295 Combat Clashes on Frontline Over Past Day

On July 4, Ukrainian Defense Forces recorded 295 combat clashes along the frontline. Russian forces launched intense bombardments, deploying over 8,700 kamikaze drones and 252 guided aerial bombs. The heaviest ground assaults occurred in the Huliaipole (38 attacks), Pokrovsk (31 attacks), and Sloviansk (25 attacks) directions. Ukrainian aviation and artillery responded by striking multiple Russian command posts and troop concentrations.

Ukraine takes out a third of Russia’s Black Sea naval fleet as efforts to isolate Crimea gain steam

Ukraine claimed that it has destroyed or disabled roughly a third of the fleet which had 74 warships in February 2022, including the Rostov-on-Don Kilo-class submarine, Ropucha-class landing ships and multiple missile boats. Ukraine’s General Staff said 29 Russian vessels had been put out of action as of February 2025. By March 2024, Britain’s Ministry...

Ukraine Loses Over 470 Soldiers Against Russia’s Vostok Battlegroup in Single Day, Moscow Says

Russia's Defense Ministry reported more than 470 Ukrainian casualties to the Vostok battlegroup in a single day, with total losses across all six Russian battlegroups exceeding 1,470 personnel Sunday. Independent verification of the figures is not possible under current conflict conditions.

Russia launches a deadly and massive attack on Ukraine

Ukrainian officials said Russia fired nearly 500 drones and more than 70 missiles overnight, damaging homes, businesses and other infrastructure. Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/07/02/russia-strikes-kyiv-ukraine-war/90780855007/ Sign up for our newsletter for the day's top stories, from sports to movies to politics to world events: https://profile.usatoday.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/

Putin rejects peace talks and prepares to escalate war after Ukrainian strikes - report

To date, about two million soldiers have been killed, wounded, or missing since the full-scale invasion in early 2022, 1.4 million of them Russian.

Putin, 73, Humiliated in Colossal Attack on Moscow

Ramil Sitdikov/Pool/ReutersVladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which he expected to end in a swift victory, has suffered one of its biggest setbacks in four years after Kyiv launched its largest drone attack yet across a dozen Russian regions.On Friday, Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed its air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 660 Ukrainian drones overnight. The attacks prompted authorities in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula controlled by Russia, to declare a state of emergency.The barrage is the latest in a series of long-range Ukrainian strikes this month that have pushed the war deeper into Russian territory, raising the stakes for Moscow and bringing the conflict home to civilians far from the front lines.Read more at The Daily Beast.

[Photo] A new study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) estimates tha [...]

A new study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) estimates that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused more than 2 million military casualties. The report says Russia has suffered around 1.4 million casualties, including up to 450,000 killed, while Ukraine has sustained an estimated 525,000–625,000 casualties since the war began.

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,413,510 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

Russia has lost around 1,413,510 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on July 8.The number includes 1,260 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.According to

Relentless Barrage Pounds Capital

The essential fact is not simply that Russia struck Kyiv again, but that the pattern has become operationally familiar: large salvos, civilian deaths, damaged apartment blocks, and deliberate pressure on Ukraine’s air-defense system all arrive together. The immediate casualty count may shift as rescuers work and reporting is corrected, but the strategic meaning does not []

A night in photos: Kyiv takes another Russian strike while Ukraine hunts Russia’s refineries, an airfield, and its ‘shadow fleet’

Russian forces hit Kyiv again overnight into July 8, even as Ukraine’s military launched a fresh wave of attacks on Russia’s oil infrastructure. Ukrainian drones struck so-called shadow fleet tankers in the Sea of Azov, an industrial zone in Nizhnekamsk that’s home to two oil refineries, refineries in Saratov and Ufa, and a military airfield in Borisoglebsk, in the Voronezh region. One person was killed and at least eight were wounded. Meduza has put together footage of the night’s strikes on Russian cities.

At least 10 killed as Ukraine capital hit by Russian missiles and drones

The attack on Kyiv which was still underway early Monday morning, involved waves of ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones. Monday's attack comes days after a combined Russian attack killed at least 31 people in Kyiv last week. (AP video shot by Dan Bashakov) #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #news #russia Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

660-DRONE ATTACK

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Kyiv Hit by Russian Missile Barrage in Overnight Attack | Russia-Ukraine War | Dawn News English

Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight, killing at least eight people and injuring over three dozen, as drones and missiles struck residential buildings and started a fire in a hotel on a central boulevard. #ukraine #russia #kyiv #ukrainewar #zelensky #breakingnews #worldnews #europe --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dawn News English is your window into the latest news, insight, and features from South Asia and beyond. Website: www.dawn.com Official Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/dawnnewsenglish Official Twitter: https://x.com/dawnnewsenglish Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dawnnewsenglish #news #latestnews #dawnnewsenglish #dawnnews

Nine fighters from the Rostov region were killed in Ukraine.

Oleg Koshevoy, Dmitry Eremenko, Alexey Kovalevsky, and six other soldiers from the Salsky district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have named at least 909 Don soldiers killed there.

Russia attacks Ukraine with 13 missiles and 115 drones, hits and falling debris recorded at 24 locations

Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 13 missiles and 115 drones of various types on the night of 11-12 July. Ukrainian air defences shot down or jammed 102 out of the 128 aerial assets.

Ukraine Loses Up to 495 Soldiers to Russia's Vostok Battlegroup in Past Day

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine lost up to 495 soldiers in combat against Russia's Vostok battlegroup over the past day, in addition to losses in manpower and equipment on other fronts, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

Russian Strikes Wound Six in Ukraine as Fuel Crisis Spreads Across Siberia

Russian air strikes injured six people across Ukraine overnight, local authorities said, as the war entered its fifth year with no sign of easing. At the same time, a growing fuel shortage in Russia has spread deeper into Siberia, highlighting the impact of Ukraine’s expanding attacks on Russian energy and transport infrastructure. The latest developments [] The post Russian Strikes Wound Six in Ukraine as Fuel Crisis Spreads Across Siberia appeared first on Modern Diplomacy.

Russian drone and missile strikes hit farms, Naftogaz facilities, and Sumy in 24-hour assault across Ukraine

Cluster warheads, FPV drones, Herberia strikes: Russia targets Ukrainian farms and energy infrastructure in 24-hour wave

Second Russian attack on Kyiv in less than a week kills 11, wrecks apartments

By Valentyn Ogirenko and Vladyslav SmilianetsKYIV, July 6 (Reuters) - Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv early on Monday, killing at least 11 people and heavily damaging apartment blocks, officials said, in an attack just a few days after the deadliest assault on the Ukrainian capital this year.The bombardment also comes ahead of a NATO summit in Turkey this week, where U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to make a renewed push to end the war, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.

27 dead after Russian attack on Kyiv; nearly a hundred injured

At least 27 people were killed and more than 90 others injured after Russia launched more than 70 missiles and nearly 500 drones at Ukraine, with the main attack aimed at Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials. Rescue crews are still clearing rubble and searching for more victims. The attack early Thursday caused damage at more [] The post 27 dead after Russian attack on Kyiv; nearly a hundred injured appeared first on BNO News.