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Russia drops record number of glide bombs on Ukraine as casualties pile up

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 1297 words · By John T Psaropoulos
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Russia drops record number of glide bombs on Ukraine as casualties pile up Moscow’s troops suffer high rate of losses as Zelenskyy renews air campaign against Russia.

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What happened

Russia drops record number of glide bombs on Ukraine as casualties pile up Moscow’s troops suffer high rate of losses as Zelenskyy renews air campaign against Russia.

Why it matters

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has claimed that Russia’s army suffered 42,800 casualties in July, which, if accurate, would be the highest rate of losses so far this year estimated by Kyiv.

Common ground

At the same time, Russia has responded to its poor battlefield performance and domestic energy crises by doubling down on the two weapons Ukraine has not found an adequate defence to – glide bombs and ballistic missiles.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/7/russia-hits-record-43000-casualties-in-j…

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Exaggeration / Hyperbole 70% confidence
Overstating facts or claims to create a stronger emotional response.
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Claim 1: “During the past week, Ukraine stopped only one out of 51 Iskander-M ballistic missiles.”
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Claim 2: “A missile fired at Radushne, Ukraine last month was of Korean manufacture, claimed Zelenskyy”
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Claim 3: “The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has recently estimated that “the Russia-Ukraine casualty rate has likely risen to nearly 8:1 in the first half of 2026”
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Three independent web search results explicitly confirm that the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) estimated the Russia-Ukraine casualty ratio rose to nearly 8:1 in the first half of 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There have been several rounds of peace talks to end the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war since it began with Russia's invasion in February 2022. Russia's president Vladimir Putin seeks recognition of all …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_negotiations_in_the_Russ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In March and April 2021, before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces began massing thousands of personnel and military equipment near Russia's border with Ukraine and in Crim…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_to_the_2022_Russian_in…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…
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Claim 4: “The Institute for the Study of War... estimates that Russia occupied a total of 37.85sq km (15sq miles) of Ukraine in July, compared with 455,000sq km (176,000sq miles) in July of 2025.”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about sleep tips ('trucchi scientificamente provati per dormire meglio'). No ISW data regarding square kilometers was provided for this specific claim index.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 24, 2025 · Dormire bene non è solo una questione di sentirsi riposati: numerosi studi hanno dimostrato che un sonno di qualità aiuta a mantenere sano il cuore, rinforza il sistema immunitario e mi…
https://www.pazienti.it/news-di-salute/14-trucchi-scientific…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 27, 2025 · Come dormire tutta la notte senza svegliarsi? 8 consigli utili per favorire il riposo notturno senza risvegli. Cosa fare se continuo a svegliarmi la notte?
https://www.my-personaltrainer.it/benessere/come-dormire-tut…
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 17, 2025 · Dormire bene ed avere un sonno regolare e tranquillo è un aspetto molto importante sotto diversi punti di vista. Per l'essere umano, il sonno è naturalmente concentrato nelle ore nottur…
https://www.my-personaltrainer.it/salute-benessere/come-dorm…
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Claim 5: “Russia also unleashed its greatest monthly tally of missiles against Ukrainian cities – 376 in July, compared with a previous record of 288 in March.”
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Claim 6: “Drones were responsible for 30,272 of Russia’s casualties in July, said Zelenskyy.”
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One web search result mentions 'More Than 30,000 Hit by Drones' in the context of the July casualty report, but the specific figure of 30,272 attributed to Zelenskyy is not independently corroborated by other sources in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On February 28, 2025, U.S. president Donald Trump and U.S. vice president JD Vance held a highly contentious bilateral meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy inside the Oval Office at th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Trump–Zelenskyy_Oval_Offi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oleksandr Semenovych Zelenskyy (Ukrainian: Олександр Семенович Зеленський; born 23 December 1947) is a Ukrainian mining scientist and mathematician, who specializes in the automation of geological and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandr_Zelenskyy
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has served as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019. He took office five years after …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy
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Claim 7: “Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said it had struck 14 refineries, dozens of oil depots and loading terminals, 14 aircraft and four airfields over 40 days.”
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Claim 8: “Russia unleashed 8,300 glide bombs in July, more than in any other month of the war, said Ukraine’s defence ministry.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about the war and generic news landing pages; no specific mention of 8,300 glide bombs in July was found in the provided text.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting the current phase of the war, the largest conflict in Europe since World War II. By Apri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…
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Claim 9: “The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has claimed that Russia’s army suffered 42,800 casualties in July”
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Web search results explicitly state that the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported Russian forces suffered 42,860 personnel casualties in July.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Armed Forces General Staff (EMGFA), is the supreme military body of Portugal. It is responsible for the planning, command and control of the Portuguese Armed Forces. EMGFA is headed by the Chief o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_General_Staff_(Po…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Генеральний штаб Збройних сил України, romanized: Heneralnyi shtab Zbroinykh syl Ukrainy) is the military staff of the Armed Forces of Ukra…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armed_For…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Russian: Генеральный штаб Вооружённых сил Российской Федерации, romanized: General'nyy shtab Vooruzhonnykh sil Rossiiskoi Federatsii) i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armed_For…
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Claim 10: “Ukraine has destroyed about a third of Russia’s actual refining capacity, a recent Financial Times analysis of satellite photographs found.”
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Claim 11: “the Kremlin’s ambassador-at-large, Rodion Miroshnik [said] “large-scale power outages … were recorded throughout the week in all regions” [of Kherson and Zaporizhia]”
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Claim 12: “Ukraine said it has also sunk or disabled 206 Russian tankers and ferries carting oil and war materiel to Crimea”
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Claim 13: “It [Ukraine] has intercepted 4,626 missiles of various types since the beginning of the war, but only 437 ballistic missiles.”
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Claim 14: “Ukraine has struck 201 electricity substations [in occupied Crimea].”
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Claim 15: “Of these, 120 were ballistic”
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Claim 16: “Russian production of Iskander-Ms is estimated at 70 a month”
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Claim 17: “Zelenskyy recently told Fox News they [Ukraine's casualties] amounted to 450,000, of whom 50,000 are fatalities.”
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The evidence provided includes general biographical information about Zelenskyy and a report on Pokrovsk shelling, but does not contain the specific casualty figures (450,000/50,000) mentioned in the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On February 28, 2025, U.S. president Donald Trump and U.S. vice president JD Vance held a highly contentious bilateral meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy inside the Oval Office at th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Trump–Zelenskyy_Oval_Offi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oleksandr Semenovych Zelenskyy (Ukrainian: Олександр Семенович Зеленський; born 23 December 1947) is a Ukrainian mining scientist and mathematician, who specializes in the automation of geological and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandr_Zelenskyy
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has served as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019. He took office five years after …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy
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Claim 18: “Ukraine has been launching close to 10,000 long-range drones a month”
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Claim 19: “Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 6,225 Ukrainian drones flew towards Moscow in July”
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Claim 20: “Russia infiltrated 121.6sq km (47sq miles) in July, according to the ISW, bringing total infiltrated territory for the year to 379.9sq km (147sq miles).”
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The claim is directly supported by Al Jazeera citing ISW data that Russia infiltrated 121.6 sq km in July, totaling 379.9 sq km for the year.
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia infiltrated 121.6sq km (47sq miles) in July, according to the ISW, bringing total infiltrated territory for the year to 379.9sq km (147sq miles).
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/7/russia-hits-record-4…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to ISW, in July 2026, Russian troops were able to advance 37.85…According to ISW calculations based on data from the General Staff of Ukraine, in July 2026, Russian forces suffered about 353…
https://ukrainetoday.org/isw-russians-stuck-on-battlefield-w…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Russian forces have captured or entered 64 settlements and seized or infiltrated about 621.7 square kilometers (240 square miles) across the thea…
https://english.nv.ua/nation/isw-says-putin-exaggerated-russ…
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Claim 21: “The ISW estimates that on balance, Russia has lost 183.5sq km (70sq miles) of Ukrainian territory this year, compared with the 2,198sq km (848sq miles) it seized during the first seven months of 2025.”
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The claim is directly supported by a report from Al Jazeera citing ISW estimates regarding the loss of 183.5 sq km this year versus 2,198 sq km in the first seven months of 2025.
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web search NEUTRAL — The ISW estimates that on balance, Russia has lost 183.5sq km (70sq miles) of Ukrainian territory this year, compared with the 2,198sq km (848sq miles) it seized during the first seven months of 2025.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/7/russia-hits-record-4…
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web search NEUTRAL — From July 8, 2025, to July 7, 2026, Russia made a net total gain of 1,183 square miles (slightly more than the state of Rhode Island)—about 0.5% of Ukraine’s total territory of 233,062 square miles at…
https://www.russiamatters.org/news/russia-ukraine-war-report…
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web search NEUTRAL — In addition, according to ISW estimates, the Defense Forces also liberated at least 183 sq km in and around Kupyansk in December 2025 – and Russia cannot retake this territory despite all efforts.
https://ukrainetoday.org/a-break-has-emerged-in-ukraines-war…
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.