June 12, 2026
The estimate includes both professional soldiers and conscripts, he says
The fall of Siversk comes with Ukraine under US pressure to quickly negotiate peace in the nearly four-year-old war
The fall of Siversk comes as Ukraine faces US pressure to quickly negotiate peace in the nearly four-year war
The Ukrainian president says Kyiv's forces have made gains of more than 3 km further south in Zaporizhzhia region
Trump says both Kyiv and Moscow will need to cede land to end the war
Russia's Defence Ministry says the armed forces are now helping authorities in the Kursk region to restore "peaceful life" and to remove mines planted there
The country has been trying to eject Ukrainian forces from Kursk since August last year
