Russia’s death toll in Ukraine climbs to over 279K

That’s according to the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Ukrinform reports.

Also, the Ukrainian military reports Russia’s hardware losses as follows:

4,717 tanks, including 15 in the past day, 9,000 (+9) armored fighting vehicles, 6,525 (+48) artillery systems, 801 (+3) MLR systems, 540 (+3) anti-aircraft warfare systems, 316 (+0) warplanes, 316 (+0) helicopters,  5,061 (+18) UAVs of operational and tactical level, 1,529 (+0) cruise missiles, 20 (+0) warships/cutters, submarines - 1 (+0), 8,909 (+26) trucks and fuel tankers, and 938 (+5) units of specialized equipment.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says Russia is making a mistake thinking it can wait out international military assistance to Ukraine.