Russia’s 2026 Ukraine seizures fall to 117 sq km as U.S. traders shun Trump–Putin diesel deal
U.S. traders reportedly refuse to honour President Donald Trump’s diesel arrangement with President Vladimir Putin while Russian ground seizures collapse: the Institute for the Study of War says Moscow took 117.38 sq km in the first ten months of 2026 versus 5,304 sq km in 2025—including 473 sq km Russian land regained in the Kursk region—and 3,604 sq km in 2024, cutting daily advance to 0.38 sq km from 13.25 in 2025 and 9.9 in 2024. Ukraine’s General Staff estimates 381,300 Russian personnel killed or seriously wounded from 1 January to 31 October, with record monthly tolls including 54,400 in October toward President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s 50,000-casualty monthly aim set in January; Al Jazeera cannot independently verify either side’s casualty figures.
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