General Staff: Russia has lost 916,770 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

Russia has lost 916,770 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 April 1. This number includes 1,540 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day. According to the report, Russia has also lost 10,505 tanks, 21,856 armored fighting vehicles, 42,646 vehicles and fuel tanks, 25,552 artillery...

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Trump again threatens oil tariffs against Russia if peace deal not reached

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on March 31 to impose secondary tariffs on Russian oil exports if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not "make a deal" to end the war in Ukraine. "I want to see (Putin) make a deal, so that we stop Russian soldiers and Ukrainian soldiers and other people from being killed," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "I want to make sure that he follows through,...

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General Staff: Russia has lost 912,490 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

Russia has lost 912,490 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 March 29. The number includes 1,740 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day. According to the report, Russia has also lost 10,478 tanks, 21,796 armored fighting vehicles, 42,398 vehicles and fuel tanks, 25,451 artillery...

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Higher-level ceasefire talks with Russia premature, Rubio says, as US reviews Moscow's stance

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 27 that it was premature to expect higher-level talks with Russia as the U.S. reviews Moscow's response to efforts to end the war in Ukraine, AFP reported. Asked if the time was right after U.S. negotiations with Russia and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia, Rubio said: "I think you have to make more progress on a technical level." The U.S., Russia, and Ukraine...

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US funding for abducted Ukrainian children program restored temporarily, White House still terminating initiative

The U.S. State Department announced on March 27 that it would provide short-term funding to an initiative documenting Ukrainian children abducted by Russia after White House terminated the program, Reuters reported. The program, run by Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab under the State Department's Conflict Observatory, used biometric data and satellite imagery to track Russia's abduction...

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General Staff: Russia has lost 910,750 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

Russia has lost 910,750 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 March 28. The number includes 1,860 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day. According to the report, Russia has also lost 10,455 tanks, 21,762 armored fighting vehicles, 42,280 vehicles and fuel tanks, 25,387 artillery...

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As Macron talks about building up Europe's defenses, Ukraine awaits results

As French President Emmanuel Macron hosts another Ukraine-centric summit in Paris on March 27, the main question remains open — can Europe, and France as one of its leaders, keep embattled Kyiv afloat when the U.S. walks out? Addressing the nation on March 5, French President Emmanuel Macron said that France, and Europe, need to prepare to face Russian threats without support from the U.S. "Faced...

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Ukraine will resist 'with their bare hands' if forced into unjust peace, CIA chief says

Ukrainian forces will fight even with "their bare hands" if they do not receive conditions acceptable for lasting peace, CIA Director John Ratcliffe said during a U.S. Senate hearing on March 25. "I want to say that with regard to the Ukrainian resistance, the Ukrainian people and the Ukrainian military have been underestimated for a period of several years now," Ratcliffe said. "From my reflections...

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Ukraine, Russia may prolong war instead of finalizing bad peace deal, US intelligence assessment finds

Ukraine and Russia may see a greater incentive to prolong war instead of settling for an unfavourable peace deal, an unclassified U.S. intelligence assessment published March 25 found. According to a report by U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, the leaders of Ukraine and Russia "for now probably still see the risks of a longer war as less than those of an unsatisfying settlement,”...

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Russia rejects calls to return Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced on March 25 that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is a Russian facility and cannot be transferred to Ukraine or any other country. The ministry also ruled out the possibility of joint operation, arguing that ensuring the plant’s physical and nuclear safety would be impossible. Moscow claims control over the plant based on its illegal annexation of four Ukrainian...

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3 Russian state media employees killed in occupied Luhansk Oblast

Three employees from Russian state-affiliated media were killed in occupied Luhansk Oblast while on assignment, several news outlets reported on March 24. The victims included Izvestia correspondent Alexander Fedorchak, as well as Zvezda TV cameraman Andrei Panov and driver Alexander Sirkeli. Izvestia announced that Fedorchak died while reporting from the front lines. The journalist often covered...

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Russia seeks full control of occupied Ukrainian regions in talks with US, media reports

Russia is pushing to gain full control over four occupied Ukrainian oblasts—Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson—during negotiations with the United States in Saudi Arabia, the Moscow Times reported, citing sources familiar with the Kremlin’s strategy. Although Russian forces do not fully control any of these regions, the Kremlin demands them in their administrative borders, as defined in...

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Russian missile strike on Sumy injures more than 90, including 23 children

Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated. A Russian missile strike that hit the northeastern regional capital of Sumy on March 24 injured 94 civilians, including 23 children, the Sumy City Council reported. Most of the wounded residents have been transferred to local hospitals, according to the council. The missile struck the city as the Russian and U.S. delegations met in...

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Trump says efforts to end Ukraine war 'somewhat under control' just hours before deadly Russian strike on Kyiv

U.S. President Donald Trump has said efforts to end the war in Ukraine are "somewhat under control" just hours before a massive Russian drone strike on Kyiv killed three people including a five-year-old girl and her father. Speaking to the sports media outlet OutKick on March 22, Trump said he has had "very rational discussions" with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "I don't think there's anybody...

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General Staff: Russia has lost 903,480 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

Russia has lost 903,480 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 March 23. The number includes 1,470 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day. According to the report, Russia has also lost 10,412 tanks, 21,636 armored fighting vehicles, 41,610 vehicles and fuel tanks, 25,048 artillery...

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