Ukraine’s military revealed that around 800 Russian soldiers were killed in the past day in the eastern Donetsk region, while western allies pledged supplies of armoured battle vehicles but not the tanks Ukraine wants.
According to Ukraine’s military, one aircraft, a helicopter, and three tanks were destroyed over the past day. It also reported an unspecified number of civilian casualties as a result of Russian air, missile, and rocket attacks on the largely ruined, Ukrainian-held city of Bakhmut and two other cities in the Donetsk region – Kostiantynivka and Kurakhove.
The Ukrainian deputy defence minister said significant Russian losses meant Moscow would likely have to announce a second partial mobilization in the first quarter of the year.