As losses mount, the pace of Russia's advance has at times been slower than the Battle of the Somme during World War I, a report states.

The Kremlin is denying a report that Russia suffered the largest number of troop deaths recorded for any major power in any conflict since the Second World War.

The number of deaths, injuries and missing is approaching a grim milestone after nearly four years of fighting.

On the night of Saturday into Sunday Russia launched 48 drones in anovernight attack on Ukraine. Multiple regions were targeted including the Donetsk region where a 51-year-old man was killed by a gliding bomb on the city of Sloviansk whilst in his garden.

(The Hill) – Ukraine is using facial recognition technology from U.S. company Clearview AI to identify dead Russian soldiers and send the images to their families in an effort to turn sentiment against the war, according to The Washington Post.

The attacks came after Ukraine, Russia and the United States finished the first day of peace talks in the United Arab Emirates aimed at ending the nearly four-year war.

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The war in Ukraine has taken a staggering human toll, with nearly two million military casualties reported on both sides, according to a new study. These casualties include soldiers who have been killed,