Kyiv's latest update follows reports earlier this month that Russian casualties have hit grim records in the ongoing war with Ukraine.

Russia has lost 1,610 soldiers killed and wounded, 27 armoured combat vehicles, 22 artillery systems and 6 tanks over the past day. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook Details: The total combat losses of the Russian forces between 24 February 2022 and 25 November 2024 are estimated to be as follows [figures in parentheses represent the latest losses - ed.

Ukraine’s Defense Forces eliminated more than 1,600 Russian invaders in a single day, bringing the total enemy personnel losses since the start of the full-scale invasion to over 732,000 soldiers, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Russia and Ukraine have traded air strikes, after a week of intensifying rhetoric in which Russia tested a new missile on Ukraine. Russia has made close to 1,500 strikes on Ukraine since Sunday evening on about half of the country's regions causing dozens of injuries, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Ukraine conducted several drone strikes in Kaluga and Kursk last night, causing fires at a factory and an oil depot.