"At this time, the Russian armed forces fully hold the strategic initiative, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of military commanders on Tuesday, which marked his 73rd birthday. list of 4 itemsend of list Going from north to south, according to the Russian defence ministry, Ukraine ceded Otradnoye in the Kharkiv region, Mayskoye, Siversk Maly, Kuzminovka and Fedorovka in Donetsk."
"Putin claimed that Russian forces had seized almost 5,000 square kilometres (1,930 square miles) of Ukraine this year. On September 25, the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, independently assessed the real figure to be closer to 3,434sq km (1,325 square miles). Putin also said Russian forces possessed two-thirds of Kupiansk, a city in the northern Kharkiv region."
"On Monday, I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government initiative offering Russian soldiers safe passage if they surrender, said 281,550 Russian soldiers were killed, wounded or lost in action in the first eight months of 2025, based on leaked Russian military documents. Of these, 86,744 were confirmed killed, but almost 34,000 were missing and possibly dead. The losses were comparable with those of the Russian forces that overran Poland and Prussia in 1939, said the initiative,"
Russian forces advanced along a battlefront about 1,250km long and claim capture of eight villages, with statements asserting the armed forces fully hold the strategic initiative and control two-thirds of Kupiansk. The Russian defence ministry listed seized localities across Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia. The Kremlin asserted nearly 5,000 sq km seized in 2025, while an independent assessment estimated around 3,434 sq km and put Russian control of Kupiansk at about 14 percent. Leaked military documents compiled by a Ukrainian initiative reported 281,550 Russian personnel killed, wounded or lost in eight months, including 86,744 confirmed killed and nearly 34,000 missing.
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