General Staff: Russia has lost 1,559,230 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 1,880 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
The Russian defence ministry stated that it struck the Izmail port in Ukraine’s Odesa Black Sea region and hit two cargo vessels traveling toward Odesa, according to RTE News.
According to the Kyiv Independent, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on October 15 that Russia has lost 1,559,230 troops since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022. This figure includes 1,880 casualties suffered by Russian forces over the previous day. The report also detailed various equipment losses for Russia, including 12,414 tanks and 443 aircraft.
Daily Post Nigeria reports that Ukraine has accused the United States of indirectly aiding Russia by withholding warnings of missile attacks and undermining military operations through changes to the Starlink satellite internet system. President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed reduced Starlink speeds affecting battlefield operations and expressed feelings of betrayal regarding a diesel supply deal announced by US President Donald Trump with Moscow.
Former Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov later announced that Starlink services were being restored to enable the flight of strike and interceptor drones.
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