Russia has lost around 1,121,570 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. 13.

The Kremlin will only negotiate if missiles and drones bring the pain of war home to Russians, Ukrainian officials say.

The fuel shortage in Russia is already approaching 20% this specifically concerns their gasoline,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this week, highlighting the magnitude of disruption that Ukraine’s long-range strike campaign has leveled against the Kremlin’s energy lifeline.

Almost 900 miles from Ukraine’s borders, a fire erupted at a Russian oil refinery on Saturday. The blaze – a result of a strike by Ukrainian long-range drones, according to sources in the country’s security services – was the third at the facility in the last month alone.

YG then called in artillery strikes. We watched as the first one struck about 20 yards from the trees where the Russians were hiding. The second landed on the opposite side but almost as far away, leaving a visible crater in the earth. It was time to send in an assault team.

Ukraine is ready and willing to relay its combat experience to European countries amid Russian drone incidents in EU, NATO airspace – Sybiha — Ukrinform.

The US has been assisting Ukraine step up its long-range strikes on Russian energy targets in an attempt to weaken Putin’s war effort and force him to the negotiating table.