The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces announced on October 12 that Russia has lost 667 630 troops since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022.
This includes 1,290 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
According to the report Russia has also lost 8962 tanks, 17827 armored combat vehicles, 26513 vehicles and tanks, 19381 artillery, 1,230 multiple-launch rocket systems, 976 systems of air defense, 369 planes, 329 helicopters, 16,947 drones and 28 ships and boats.
Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, announced that a priority of Poland’s EU Presidency in early 2025 would be the European Integration of Ukraine and maintaining a “Open Door to Europe” policy towards new members.
A proposed reform to the European Peace Facility would make financial contributions optional, in order to bypass Hungary’s objection to military aid to Ukraine. This has led to a backlog of 6.5 billion euros ($7 billion).
A senior U.S. government official said, “It is time to craft a new strategic approach in terms of the specific positions (of the allies).” Defense ministers of NATO member nations will meet in Brussels on October 17-18 to discuss this issue.
Mike Johnson, the U.S. House speaker, said on October 11 that he did not want to see any more funding for Ukraine.
Video footage from the scene shows officers standing outside the venue’s doors, intercepting male concertgoers as they exit the venue. Some men are seen being arrested by officers.
According to new estimates, MOL (which owns refineries throughout Hungary and Slovakia) will be able process non-Urals crude oil by the end 2026 as opposed to earlier estimates that it would happen in early 2026.
Slovak Foreign Ministry Juraj Blanar announced on October 11 that Slovakia will expand its base in Michalovce. Instead of supplying new arms to Ukraine, the Slovaks will repair Ukrainian military equipment.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, thanked Germany for their support but stressed the importance of German aid next year and its need to remain unchanged.
Several months back, these infantrymen served their sentences in prison. They are now part of the 1st Separate Assault Battalion (also known as “Da Vinci”).
In a statement released on October 11, the spokesperson for the European Union‘s External Service said that it was “appalled by” Victoria Roshchyna’s death and demanded an “independent and thorough” investigation into her death.
Defense Minister Rustem Umerov had planned to merge Defense Procurement Agency and State Rear Operator into one agency, but changed his mind when a NATO announcement said that the agencies should remain separate and two separate supervision boards should be set up.
Operational Command South reported on October 11 that since the beginning of the week, Ukraine has repelled 29 Russian assaults in the oblasts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
“We are working together actively in the international arena, and our assessments of world events are often very similar,” Russian President Vladimir Putin stated of the meeting.
Scholz revealed during a joint news conference that Germany had already delivered a package worth 600 million euro ($660 million) of aid to Ukraine.
Sources told Reuters that the funding would come from the U.S.A., Japan and Canada. They added that it would be backed up by interest generated by frozen Russian assets.
Media Initiative for Human Rights reported on October 11 that Viktoria Roshchyna was a Ukrainian journalist who was killed in Russian captivity. She was held in Russian prisons where torture is used to punish the prisoners.
“I am pleased to announce that on 10 and 11, July 2025, the ‘Ukraine Recovery Conference will be held in Rome,” said Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Mello.
A Ukrainian official stated that “the Russian plan in Kursk Oblast was thwarted thus far” due to Russian forces suffering losses.
In Steven Seagal’s latest documentary, “In the Name of Justice”, which was shared by the Russian state-run platform Smotrim on its website, he visits various occupied territories of Ukraine including Mariupol.
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