Russia took weeks to present to Ukraine with a “memorandum” setting out its conditions for a ceasefire, as well as key guidelines for a comprehensive treaty to end the more than 3-year-old war. To practically no one’s surprise,

In the first, it would stop firing once Ukraine begins a complete withdrawal from the parts that it still controls of four regions that Russia claims: Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzh

With high casualty figures and the slow pace of Russia’s territorial gains, President Vladimir V. Putin could face years more of a grinding war of attrition in Ukraine.

Since the beginning of 2025, the Russian army has lost 200,000 troops in the war against Ukraine, according to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi. "200,000 is the total enemy loss since the beginning of this year.