Most of the volunteers dying at the front are aged between 42 and 50. They number 4,100 men in our list of more than 13,000 volunteers. The oldest volunteer killed was 71 years old - a total of 250 volunteers above the age of 60 have died in the war.

The high losses on both sides are posing problems on the battlefield and accelerating demographic fears.

NBC News' Josh Lederman reports on the information war raging between Russia and Ukraine. The countries are pushing their agendas on online gaming platforms, and Russia is dominating the spread of disinformation.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was briefed last week during his trip to Kyiv on elements of a Ukrainian plan to push Russia to end the war, U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday.

Russia has lost 1,020 soldiers killed and wounded, 6 artillery systems and 2 tanks. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook Details: The total combat losses of the Russian forces between 24 February 2022 and 17 September 2024 are estimated to be as follows [figures in parentheses represent the latest losses - ed.

Determining the exact number of casualties in the conflict has been challenging, as both Russia and Ukraine withhold official figures or release numbers that are not widely trusted. Read also: Russia loses 1k+ soldiers,