Russia has lost 736,630 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 Nov. 28.
This number includes 1,220 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,450 tanks, 19,306 armored fighting vehicles, 30,186 vehicles and fuel tanks, 20,852 artillery systems, 1,256 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,005 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 19,661 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has updated the data of losses of the Russian invaders. During the day, 1,220 Russian military personnel were eliminated, 22 artillery systems and other enemy equipment were destroyed.
The losses of personnel of the Russian occupation army since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine have exceeded 736 thousand people. This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, writes UNN.
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The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 28.11.24 approximately amounted to:
personnel-about 736630 (+1220) people,
tanks-9450 (+1) units,
armored combat vehicles – 19306 (+2) units,
artillery systems – 20852 (+22) units,
MLRS – 1255 (+0) units,
air defense systems – 1005 (+0) units,
aircraft-369 (+0) units,
helicopters-329 (+0) units,
Operational-tactical UAV-19661 (+45),
cruise missiles‒ 2765 (+0),
ships ‒ boats – 28 (+0) units,
submarines – 1 (+0) units,
automotive equipment and tankers – 30186 (+60) units,
Russia actively uses at least six Tu-160-type bombers that Ukraine gave to Russia in 1999 as a payment of gas debt, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) Schemes' investigation showed on Nov. 26.
The investigation also identified pilots flying the planes and launching missile strikes against Ukraine. Russia regularly uses its strategic aviation to attack cities and infrastructure across Ukraine.
Ukraine handed over Tu-160 supersonic heavy bombers in 1999 as part of a larger debt payment for Russian gas. The journalists identified the planes by comparing their old serial numbers in archives and aviation registries.
RFE/RL was also able to identify some pilots flying these planes against Ukraine, like Oleg Skytskyi, a serviceman of the 22nd Aviation Division, which Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) says is "responsible for numerous victims and destruction in Ukraine," one of them likely being launching a missile that killed an RFE/RL journalist in Kyiv on April 28, 2022.
In the 1999 arms transfer, Kyiv transferred to Moscow eight Tu-160 and three Tu-95MS heavy bombers, as well as 575 Kh-55 cruise missiles, with Russia writing off $275 million in gas debt, 10% of the assets' real value.
The transferred Kh-55 missiles were also used against Ukraine, an earlier investigation by Radio Free showed.
The Tu-160 strategic bombers are among the biggest warplanes ever operated, but they are only sparsely used due to maintenance problems. They were the latest heavy strategic bombers designed in the Soviet Union, capable of carrying conventional and nuclear weaponry.
Their last use was on Nov. 17, when Russia launched one of the largest aerial strikes on Ukraine, killing seven civilians and damaging its energy grid.
Russian troops carried out 349 strikes on 12 settlements in the Zaporizhia region, including an airstrike, UAV attacks, MLRS and shelling. 6 reports of destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure were recorded.
During the day, the invaders carried out 349 strikes on 12 settlements of the Zaporozhye region. This was announced by the head of Zaporozhye RMA Ivan Fedorov in his Telegram channel, writes in UNN.
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It is noted that the Russian troops carried out an air strike on Novodarovka.
194 UAVs of various modifications attacked Belenke, Stepnogorsk, Lobkovo, Gulyai-pole, Novoandrievka, Shcherbaki, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Malinovka, Belogorye, Novodarovka and Olgovskoye. 7 MLRS attacks covered Shcherbaki, Novodarovka and Novodanilovka.
– the message says.
It is also reported that 147 attacks were carried out on the territory of Lobkovo, Gulyai-pole, Shcherbakov, Novoandrievka, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Malinovka, Belogorye, Novodarovka and Olgovsky.
6 reports of destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure were received.
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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is unlikely to bring a peace deal to Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin still believes he can achieve all his goals, ex-Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told Politico in an interview published on Nov. 27.
According to Ukraine's former diplomacy chief, Ukraine is a "personal obsession for Putin" but also a way to "show to the world how the West is incapable of defending itself or what it stands for."
Trump has criticized military support provided to Ukraine by the Biden administration and pledged to get the U.S. "out" of the war. While the details of his plans remain elusive, some reports indicate this would entail forcing Ukraine to cede territory and at least temporarily give up on its NATO accession plans.
Trump's approach is more likely to starve Ukraine of weapons and cause the front to collapse, allowing Russian forces to move up to the cities of Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, and Poltava, Kuleba said.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky also cannot sign a peace deal that would recognize occupied territories as Russian and forego Kyiv's NATO aspirations, as such a step would be against the Constitution and Zelensky's political end, Kuleba believes.
Zelensky recently told Fox News that Ukraine would never recognize Russian occupation but admitted that Crimea would have to be liberated through diplomatic means. He also appealed to the international community to help bring about a diplomatic and just end of the war next year.
While voicing hopes that Putin will make a mistake in handling Trump that will antagonize the soon-to-be U.S. president, Kuleba said that Europe's stance will be decisive.
Leading European countries like the U.K., France, and Poland pledged to ramp up their support for Kyiv. The situation in Germany, Ukraine's largest European donor, remains uncertain as the country is heading toward snap elections in February.
The ex-minister also complained that while Russia found allies willing to send their own troops, like North Korea, Kyiv's partners are unwilling to even commit sufficient weapons. Kuleba concluded that, unlike Russia and Ukraine, the West does not have a clear goal and does not know what it is fighting for.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported the take-off of 7 Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers. The military urges not to ignore the air alarm signals.
On the morning of November 28, the Air Force reported the take-off of Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers from the Olenya airfield. This is reported by the Air Force, writes UNN.
According to updated data, there are 7 Tu-95MS aircraft in the air. Don't ignore the air alarms!
Ukrainian soldiers repelled an attempted Russian offensive in the Zaporizhzhia sector, General Oleksandr Pivnenko, the commander of Ukraine's National Guard, said on Nov.27.
In early October, Russian troops reportedly renewed their attack in the Zaporizhzhia sector. Kyiv warned of a potential Russian push in the southern region, saying Moscow was deploying trained assault groups to front-line positions in mid-November.
Ukraine's Spartan Brigade aerial reconnaissance spotted Russian troops planning to attack the National Guard positions with an infantry group in advance, Pivnenko said, sharing footage showing the attack.
He did not specify the scale of the attack or the number of Russian troops involved in the offensive.
According to the commander, Russia is mostly trying to conduct assaults and reconnaissance attacks in the Zaporizhzhia sector with infantry groups consisting of 3 to 10 people.
"The enemy rarely uses equipment," Pivnenko said. "But our soldiers destroy enemy personnel and firepower quickly and accurately."
The Kyiv Independent could not verify these reports.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Nov.25 that Ukraine "sees the existing threats" in the Zaporizhzhia sector.
Russia is carrying out intense attacks in multiple sections of the eastern front, with attempts to break through Ukraine's defenses in Donetsk Oblast toward the towns of Pokrovsk and Kurakhove.
The Biden administration plans to provide Ukraine with військову 725 million in military assistance, including anti-tank weapons, mines and HIMARS. The package may be announced on Monday, but its content may change before signing.
The administration of US President Joe Biden plans to provide Ukraine with a new package of military assistance in the amount of.725 million. This is reported by Reuters, reports UNN.
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The move is part of an effort to support Kiev ahead of Biden's presidential term in January. According to sources close to the plan, the package will include a variety of weapons aimed at deterring the offensive of Russian troops.:
anti-tank weapons,
mines,
drones,
Stinger Rockets,
ammunition for HIMARS systems,
cluster munitions that can be used in GMLRS missiles.
It is expected that an official notification to the US Congress regarding this package will be received on Monday. However, the content and amount of the allowance may change by the time Joe Biden signs the document.
The content and size of the package may change in the coming days before Biden's expected signature.
This package will be the largest use of the presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) for emergency withdrawal of weapons from US warehouses. Previously, such packages usually amounted to 1 125-250 million, but now Biden has access to another конгрес 4-5 billion of PDAs approved by Congress.
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The Biden administration has [6.5 billion to transfer weapons to Ukraine, but may not have time to use them before the end of the term. The Pentagon has reached the monthly supply limit and is experiencing logistical problems.
The heads of government of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Poland, and Sweden agreed to strengthen their support to Ukraine in the coming months to counter Russia's full-scale war during a summit in Harpsund on Nov. 27.
Baltic and Nordic countries as well as Warsaw have been Kyiv's staunchest supporters since the start of the all-out war, providing the country with military, financial and humanitarian aid.
"Ukraine must be able to prevail against Russia’s aggression, to ensure a comprehensive, just and lasting peace," the nations' joint statement read.
"In the coming months, we will step up our support, including to the Ukrainian defense industry, and we will invest in making more ammunition available to Ukraine."
The announcement come at a critical time, as Moscow's forces make their fastest gains in months in Ukraine's east and North Korean troops are stationed in Russia's Kursk Oblast.
The countries described Russia as "the most significant and direct threat to our security in the long term." According to the statement, the countries support expanding sanctions against Moscow and strengthening their defense and resistance against conventional and hybrid attacks.
"We will work together to constrain, contest and counter Russia’s aggressive and highly confrontational actions as well as to ensure its full international accountability for the crime of aggression," the statement read.
The mayor of Konotop accused the head of the Sumy RMA of canceling the reservation of critical infrastructure workers. Semenikhin demands the release of Artyukh and the opening of criminal proceedings under the article on sabotage.
On November 27, Konotop mayor Artem Semenikhin said that the head of the Sumy RMA allegedly canceled a reservation from mobilization for employees of municipal enterprises of critical infrastructure in Sumy region. He stated this in his video message on Facebook, writes UNN.
Mr. Artyukh, by his decision, canceled the reservation for employees of municipal enterprises, moreover, instructed the SBU to allocate one person for each employee of the shopping center in order to control that all employees of municipal enterprises of the critical industry (water utilities, heat generating companies, etc.) were called up to the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tomorrow and Friday,
– says Semenikhin.
According to , the CCC employees called him and said that this is an instruction, so they "can't do anything ".
Who will repair it? There are several dozen people working on it. Are they normal there, hello, general? I can no longer tolerate the lawlessness that Mr. general is freaking out about,
– said the mayor.
Semenikhin stated that Artyukh should be "immediately" removed from office. It also requires law enforcement agencies to open criminal proceedings against the chairman of the RMA under Article 113 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — sabotage.
The official also appealed to President Volodymyr Zelensky to see, according to him, "how his henchmen are setting him up here.
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