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Vladimir Putin<\/a>\u2019s forces are focusing on attacking the key eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk<\/a> amid reports of heavy troop losses.
Around half of Russian attacks across the 620-mile front<\/a> have focused on the town, seen as a gateway to Donetsk, over the last week, Kyiv<\/a> said.
\u201cThe enemy is trying to advance around the clock<\/a>,\u201d Maksym Bakulin, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian National Guard units fighting in Pokrovsk said.
Russia<\/a> has seen a total of 834,670 troops killed or injured, and of these 1,670 casualties were reported in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military said.
<\/a>On the battlefield, the Russian defence ministry claimed its troops had taken control of the village of Novoielyzavetivka in Ukraine<\/a>‘s eastern Donetsk<\/a> region. The Ukrainian military has not confirmed Russia<\/a>\u2019s claims yet.
Four people have also been killed after an Iranian-made Russian Shahed drone blasted a hole in an apartment building in Sumy, northeastern Ukraine<\/a>, which injured nine others, the town\u2019s authorities said.
“This is a terrible tragedy, a terrible Russian crime. It is very important that the world does not stop putting pressure on Russia<\/a> for this terror,” Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> added.<\/a>
Ukrainian investigators have opened a criminal case involving defence minister Rustem Umerov, a move likely to deepen a standoff in his ministry over arms procurement that could strain Kyiv’s ties with important Western allies.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) told Reuters in a statement that its investigation, requested by a corruption watchdog, would examine whether there had been an abuse of authority by Mr Umerov but gave few other details.
The watchdog, the Anti-Corruption Action Centre, has accused Mr Umerov of acting illegally by sidelining the head of the defence procurement agency, whose contract
Mr Umerov is refusing to renew after criticising the agency’s work.
Mr Umerov said last week that the DPA, which coordinates weapons purchases, had failed to deliver results for Ukrainian forces, comments that brought ministry infighting over arms procurement out into the open.
“Despite the publicised scale of procurement, our defenders on the frontlines have not experienced its tangible impact,” he wrote on Facebook.
The dispute comes at a critical time in the war with Russia as president Donald Trump reviews US support for Ukraine’s military and as Kyiv tries to convince its Western partners that it is winning the battle against endemic corruption.
Weapons supplied by Ukraine’s Western allies including tanks, rockets, missile defences and ammunition are vital to Kyiv’s war effort.
Russia has now lost more than 834,000 troops in its invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian military officials.
The General Staff of the Ukraine Armed Forces said today that Russia had seen a total of 834,670 troops killed or injured, and of these 1,670 casualties were reported in the past 24 hours.
The latest Russian losses also include 9,876 tanks, 20,573 armoured fighting vehicles, 35,269 vehicles and fuel tanks, 22,366 artillery systems, 1,263 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,050 air defence systems, 369 airplanes, 331 helicopters, 23,399 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
A Ukrainian special forces commander says North Korean troops have moved back from the fighting for roughly a fortnight
The US president says he will use financial leverage to force Russia to accept a deal to end the invasion of Ukraine
A Russian drone struck a multi-storey apartment building in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy early on Thursday, killing four people and injuring nine, including a child, the regional authorities said.
“This is a terrible tragedy, a terrible Russian crime. It is very important that the world does not stop putting pressure on Russia for this terror,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said via the Telegram messaging app.
Russia launched 81 drones at Ukraine overnight, damaging businesses and homes around the country, the Ukrainian military said on Thursday.
The air force shot down 37 drones, 39 others did not reach their targets. It did not specify what happened to the five remaining drones.
Sumy Governor Volodymyr Artyukh, shown in a video on Telegram in front of a crane and piles of rubble, said emergency services were pulling residents out from parts of the building.
The attack ruined five apartments and damaged over 20 cars, authorities said. Work on site continued into Thursday morning, with emergency services sharing pictures of rescuers sifting through the rubble.
The region borders Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukraine launched an incursion in August 2024, and has been regularly attacked by Russian drones.
Vladimir Putin\u2019s forces are focusing on attacking the key eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk amid reports of heavy troop losses.
Around half of Russian attacks across the 620-mile front have focused on the town, seen as a gateway to Donetsk, over the last week, Kyiv said.
\u201cThe enemy is trying to advance around the clock,\u201d Maksym Bakulin, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian National Guard units fighting in Pokrovsk said.
Russia has seen a total of 834,670 troops killed or injured, and of these 1,670 casualties were reported in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military said.
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