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EU considering narrowed visa ban for Russian combatants after French, Italian pushback

The European Union is considering a scaled-back ban on short-term visas for Russian troops who fought in Ukraine after objections from France and Italy, Euronews reported on July 8.

9 July, 07:04 PM

Ukraine's envoy urges UN to ban Russian troops from peacekeeping missions

Russia should be banned from participating in UN missions, and Russia should leave the organization if it ignores its decisions, Ukraine's UN Permanent Representative Andrii Melnyk said at a UN Security Council, Interfax-Ukraine reported on June 9.

9 June, 08:25 AM

Russia loses 1,560 troops, 57 artillery systems in past day

Russian forces lost about 1,560 troops over the past day in the war against Ukraine, bringing Moscow’s total estimated losses to about 1,364,060 killed and wounded since the start of the full-scale invasion, Ukraine’s General Staff reported on Telegram on May 31.

31 May, 12:13 PM

UN blacklists Russian and Israeli soldiers for conflict-related sexual violence

The United Nations added Russian and Israeli military to its annual blacklist of parties credibly suspected of committing conflict-related sexual violence for the first time, ABC News reported on May 29.

29 May, 02:49 PM

Russian war dead in Ukraine surpass 352,000, joint Russian media investigation finds

Russian investigative outlets estimate at least 352,000 Russian soldiers were killed in Ukraine from the start of the full-scale invasion through the end of 2025, according to a joint investigation by Mediazona, Meduza, and BBC Russia published on May 9.

9 May, 06:15 PM

Russia loses 1,080 troops, 82 artillery systems in one day

Russia lost approximately 1,080 soldiers in a single day of fighting in Ukraine, bringing total estimated casualties to around 1,340,270 killed and wounded, Ukraine's General Staff reported on May 9.

9 May, 11:30 AM

Intercepts suggest hunger and low morale among Russian soldiers in Donetsk

Russian forces are starving and demoralizing their own troops on the Lyman front in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency said on May 3, citing intercepted communications from Russia’s 169th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade of the 25th Army.

3 May, 09:14 PM

Russia loses 1,230 soldiers, 29 artillery systems in one day

Over the past day, Russia lost about 1,230 soldiers in its war against Ukraine. Total Russian army losses as of April 25 are approximately 1,324,690 killed and wounded, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

25 April, 09:42 PM

Russian soldiers turn to occultism

Interest in magical and psychic practices has surged among Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine, with many turning to fortune-tellers to ease worries about their partners' fidelity, Reuters reported on April 16.

16 April, 08:26 PM

Crime and corruption explode in rural Russia amid Ukraine war

NV cites shocking data from Western researchers explaining why the war with Ukraine has triggered a wave of violence by Russians against other Russians.

13 April, 10:55 AM

Russian woman fined for joking about husband dying in Ukraine war

A resident of Tyumen, Anastasia Alontseva, was fined 30,000 rubles ($370) after a viral VK livestream in which she cheerfully outlined the financial benefits of her husband fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

27 March, 11:35 AM

Russian propagandists prematurely declare their own trapped soldiers dead in Kupyansk

Russian propagandists' claims regarding the complete elimination of all their troops in Kupyansk, Kharkiv Oblast, are false, Joint Forces Grouping spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Viktor Trehubov said in a comment to ArmyInform on March 26.

26 March, 01:06 PM

Ukrainian paratroopers crush enemy mechanized push near Pokrovsk - video

Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled the first Russian motorcycle assault in three months on the village of Hryshyne in Donetsk Oblast, the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces' 7th Rapid Response Corps reported on March 16.

18 March, 01:40 PM

Russian commanders order rape and mutilation of soldiers who refuse assaults - HUR intercept

Russian commanders are ordering the rape and mutilation of subordinates who refuse to participate in hopeless assaults, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) wrote on March 12.

13 March, 10:56 AM

Twenty Russian soldiers trapped in Kupyansk basements

About 20 Russian troops remain surrounded in Kupyansk, Kharkiv Oblast, Viktor Trehubov, spokesman for the Joint Forces Group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said on national television on March 12.

12 March, 01:40 PM

Kyiv calls on EU to bar Russian soldiers from Europe over security risks

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry urged the European Union to impose a full entry ban on Russian citizens who took part in the war against Ukraine, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Feb. 9.

9 February, 12:56 PM

Ukrainian FPV drone annihilates Russian vehicle in Myrnohrad

One Russian soldier was killed and four others were wounded in an FPV drone strike on a Russian military vehicle in the frontline city of Myrnohrad in Donetsk Oblast, the 79th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade of Ukraine’s Airborne Forces reported on Jan. 29, posting a video of the successful strike on Telegram.

29 January, 01:15 PM

Russian paratroopers convicted of torturing civilians in Ukraine

Ukraine’s Mykolaiv Oblast district court has sentenced two Russian soldiers for war crimes committed against civilians during the occupation of a local village, Prosecutor General Office's press service reported on Dec. 25.

26 December 2025, 10:52 AM

Russian soldiers flood hospitals to dodge frontline duty near Pokrovsk — Atesh

Russian soldiers are being hospitalized en masse in an attempt to avoid combat on the Kherson axis and rotation to the front lines near Pokrovsk, Atesh reported on Dec. 10.

11 December 2025, 11:10 AM

Russian commanders seize non-standard drugs from soldiers – Atesh

Russian soldiers on the Zaporizhzhya front have had all medications not in the standard first-aid kit confiscated. As a result, their medical kits now contain only minimal supplies for bandaging and pain relief, the Atesh guerrilla movement reported on Telegram on Nov. 10, citing its agents in the Russian Armed Forces' 503rd Motor Rifle Regiment.

13 November 2025, 12:17 PM

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