According to the corps, Russian troops have lost about 15,000 soldiers killed and wounded over the past six months within its sector of defense. “For their so-called ‘blitzkrieg,’ the enemy is paying a high price.

Analysts believe a recent decree from Vladimir Putin signals the Russian leader has noticed an "emerging threat to his regime".

Kyiv fired its Flamingo cruise missiles at an ammunition depot near Volgograd and a missile manufacturing facility in Russia’s Tambov region.