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Russia is losing the highest number of soldiers a day since Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the UK army chief has claimed.
Sir Tony Radakin told the BBC that Russian forces were suffering 1,500 casualties a day. He described the cost of the war on the Russian people as “extraordinary”.
“Russia is about to suffer 700,000 people killed or wounded – the enormous pain and suffering that the Russian nation is having to bear because of Putin’s ambition,” said Sir Tony.
Russia has seized swathes of territory in eastern Ukraine over the past few months, however, a fact which is likely correlated with the high casualty toll.
It comes as a major Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region forced Russia to close two major airports in the early hours today.
The drones were destroyed in the Ramenskoye and Kolomensky districts of Moscow, its mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, claiming no major damage or casualties at the site of the downed weapons.
Russia’s federal air transport agency said it was temporarily restricting operations at the Domodedovo and Zhukovo airports at 5.30am GMT.
This image shows the interior of a room in a damaged house following a drone attack in Odesa, southern Ukraine (AFP via Getty Images)
(AFP via Getty Images)
Tom Watling10 November 2024 14:02
At least 10 Russian kamikaze drones fired at Ukraine over the 9 and 10 November crossed into Belarusian airspace, a war monitor focused on Belarus has reported.
It is not the first time Russian drones have crossed into allied Belarus; Minsk has previously had to scramble fighter jets to mitigate against the threat of these drones, known as “Shaheds”.
However, this appears to be the largest number of drones to have crossed into Belarus in 24 hours.
Tom Watling10 November 2024 13:31
Tom Watling10 November 2024 13:03
Tom Watling10 November 2024 12:32
Local residents gather at the site of a drone attack in the village of Stanovoye, Moscow region (AFP via Getty Images)
Russian law enforcement officers inspect the wreckage of a drone following a drone attack in the village of Sofyino, Moscow region (AFP via Getty Images)
Rescuers clean debris in the courtyard of a house following a drone attack in the village of Stanovoye, Moscow region (AFP via Getty Images)
Tom Watling10 November 2024 12:01
Tom Watling10 November 2024 11:31
Tom Watling10 November 2024 10:58
We have some of the latest photos dropping on the wires, depicting life in Kurakhove, a town in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk.
Only a few hundreds residents remain, and just one shop is still open, as Russian forces advance within a few miles of its outskirts.
A man rides on a bike in front of the mail office which was destroyed by a Russian airstrike in Kurakhove, Donetsk region, Ukraine (AP)
Local women unload food products from a minivan into the last shop operating in Kurakhove, Donetsk region, Ukraine (AP)
A central streets covered in debris from destroyed residential buildings after Russian bombing in Kurakhove (AP)
Tom Watling10 November 2024 10:31
Tom Watling10 November 2024 10:03
At least two people were injured and buildings were damaged in an overnight Russian drone attack on Ukraine‘s southern region of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.
“The enemy has once again launched a massive attack on our region,” the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Odesa region said on its social media account. “Garages with cars and property were on fire, residential buildings, shops were damaged.”
Oleh Kiper, governor of the region on the Black Sea coast, said, without providing further detail, that the attack caused some fires.
The scale of the attack was not immediately clear.
Video footage posted by the emergency services showed firefighters combing in the dark through a pile of a building debris and an apartment building with blown-out windows, while residents gathered in front.
Tom Watling10 November 2024 09:44