Russia’s total combat losses in its war against Ukraine have increased by 1,030 personnel over the past 24 hours, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Iran has confirmed the deaths of several more senior military officials following large-scale strikes targeting key command structures, in a development that significantly deepens the country’s leadership crisis and heightens regional tensions.

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Moscow has lost approximately 1,210,630 troops, Ukraine’s General Staff reported on January 3, 2026. The latest daily losses include 750 troops.

On September 15, the Distinguished Visitors Day of the Eternal Brotherhood - IV multinational joint special forces exercise took place in Baku, featuring special forces from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Qatar, Türkiye, and Uzbekistan.

Ukraine’s Armed Forces command has cast doubt on Russia’s claims of recent battlefield gains in its offensive.

A delegation headed by Azerbaijan’s First Deputy Minister and Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijan Army, Colonel General Karim Valiyev, has traveled to Islamabad at the invitation of Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir.

Russia has lost over 1 million troops in Ukraine since launching its full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, according to the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces.

First Deputy Minister of Defense – Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijan Army, Colonel General Karim Valiyev met with the Director General of the NATO International Military Staff, Lieutenant General Janusz Adamczak.