{"id":726291,"date":"2026-08-03T16:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/726291\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:31:13","slug":"russia-says-seven-killed-and-40-injured-by-ukrainian-drone-hitting-beach-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/726291\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia says seven killed and 40 injured by Ukrainian drone hitting beach – live updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Casualties and recruitment: The latest on the battlefieldpublished at 13:15 BST<\/p>\n

13:15 BST<\/p>\n

\"\"Kieran Kelly
Live reporter<\/p>\n

\"AImage source, ReutersImage caption, <\/p>\n

Ukrainian forces – pictured above – have been able to launch succesful counterattacks<\/p>\n

Progress on the battlefield<\/p>\n

Russia advanced on average 1.22 sq km per day in July, according to a recent report by, external<\/a> the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). <\/p>\n

The ISW says that Russia’s rate of advance has remained largely unchanged since February 2026 and that its summer offensive – launched the following month – has “failed to make any operationally significant gains”. <\/p>\n

Casualty rates<\/p>\n

Russia reportedly suffered its highest monthly casualty rate of the war in July, with the Ukrainian army estimating 42,860 Russian casualties, a number that includes people killed or injured in the conflict. The Kremlin has repeatedly denied Ukrainian casualty estimates.<\/p>\n

The BBC’s Russian service, working with Mediazona, has confirmed 236,066 Russian military deaths between 24 Feb 2022 and 26 July 2026. <\/p>\n

For Ukrainian soldiers, President Volodymyr Zelensky last acknowledged 55,000 deaths in February 2026.<\/p>\n

Recruitment struggles<\/p>\n

Ukraine is continuing to struggle to recruit enough men to fight in the war, with the country’s military ombudswoman reporting “regular” attacks against recruitment officers as a “major problem”. <\/p>\n

Russia, meanwhile, is increasingly turning to universities to boost recruitment. BBC Russian found evidence<\/a> of recruitment activity in at least 95 universities and colleges by late February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Casualties and recruitment: The latest on the battlefieldpublished at 13:15 BST 13:15 BST Kieran KellyLive reporter Image source,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-726291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}