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A European defense official told Newsweek that top Russian airborne, military intelligence, and army units have taken "severe" casualties since February.

The Defense Forces intelligence center and the Foreign Intelligence Service have a good overview of what is happening in Russia's Western Military District, but precise information about what is going on in Russian military bases is not to be shared with the public. However, the representatives of both institutions admit that the war which has been going on since February 24 has definitely thinned the ranks of the Russian troops in our vicinity.

Russia extends flight restrictions until at least Dec. 9; EU embargo on Russian crude oil comes into effect Dec. 5.

The “Postimees” daily stresses that the forces have not been this weak for years.

Pope Francis’s recent commentary on Russian military war crimes in Ukraine is “un-Christian,” according to Russia’s top diplomat, who faulted him for “singling out" Russian ethnic minorities for condemnation.

Russia extends flight restrictions at 10 southwestern airports and one airport in Crimea until at least Dec. 3

Even as the war in Ukraine has completed nine months, Russian missile strikes have shut power supply to nearly 60 per cent of 3 million Ukrainian homes. Fifteen regions are without water supply and over 15,000 civilians are reported missing. For the first time in decades, all nuclear power stations

According to Mikhail Vedernikov, this began before the special military operation, and now the problem has escalated

The drones were allegedly flown near the Pskov region, which is located along Russia's border with Estonia and Latvia.

"There have even been attempts to illegally cross our border with military drones and other aircraft," said Peskov Governor Mikhail Vedernikov on Saturday.