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General Staff: Russia has lost 466,150 troops in Ukraine since Feb.
Russia has lost 466,150 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 28.
This number includes 1,096 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report , Russia has also lost 7,279 tanks, 13,991 armored fighting vehicles, 16,065 vehicles and fuel tanks, 11,948 artillery systems, 1,050 multiple launch rocket systems, 776 air defense systems, 348 airplanes, 325 helicopters, 9,507 drones, 26 ships and boats, and one submarine.
Over 1,700 civilians evacuated from Kharkiv Oblast over past day.
Over the past day, 1,775 civilians in Kharkiv Oblast have been evacuated from their homes amid renewed Russian attacks on the region, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported on May 11.
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General Staff reports Russian attacks in 8 areas of front line.
President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed earlier reports on May 10 that Russia was carrying out new offensive operations in Kharkiv Oblast, opening another area of the front to heavy fighting.
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General Staff: Russia has lost 481,030 troops in Ukraine since Feb.
This number includes 1,320 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
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Expert: Putin may visit Vietnam, North Korea during trip to China.
"Putin might use this opportunity to visit Russia's three closest partners in Asia: China, Vietnam, and North Korea," Ian Storey, a fellow at Singapore's ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, told Voice of America.
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Partisans: Russian unit refuses to attack Kharkiv Oblast.
A member of the partisan group Atesh who serves in a motorized rifle battalion of the 44th Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces said that one division in his unit outright refused to participate in the offensive against Kharkiv Oblast.
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Footage of Green politician attacked in Dresden - DW News.
A Green party politician in Dresden has been attacked just days after another candidate was assaulted and hospitalized by a group of youths. It comes as the interior minister hosted an emergency summit to discuss how to prevent political violence ...
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Russian oil depot blitzed by Ukrainian drones in another blow to Putin on eve of Victory Day parade.
Putin's military parade was marred by Ukrainian kamikaze drone strike on key oil terminal supplying the troops guarding Crimean Bridge. The attack comes after Russia bombarded Ukraine on the eve of their own anniversary of victory over Nazism. The...
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Natalie Elphicke 'put her constituents first' by defecting to Labour, says party chair.
The chair of the Labour Party, Anneliese Dodds MP, says former Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke - who "crossed the floor" in PMQs - had "put her constituents first". She also said it would be "totally inappropriate" if the Dover MP was offered a p...
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Any signs of reconciliation for Prince Harry and the Royal Family?.
Prince Harry's spokesperson said the King was too busy for a catch-up with his son who is in the UK this week - but another phrase in the statement stood out even more. Rhiannon Mills reports from the Invictus Games anniversary ceremony in London....
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Watch live: David Cameron speaks at the National Cyber Security Centre.
Watch live as David Cameron speaks at the National Cyber Security Centre. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: Follow us on Twitter: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on TikTok: For more content go to and download...
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Why S. Korea has the lowest birth rate in the world - DW News
South Korea's president says he wants to set up a new ministry to help boost a record-low birth rate, calling it a national emergency. It's already the lowest in the world and it plunged another eight percent last year, despite state spending on f...
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