All entertainment has been cancelled, and the flags are loweret to half-mast.
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All entertainment has been cancelled, and the flags are lowered to half-mast.
What is happening?

The city of Pokrovsk in Russia’s Sakha Republic has declared three days of mourning—October 7 to 9—for soldiers killed in Ukraine.
Local authorities lowered flags to half-mast and canceled all public entertainment as a mark of respect, reported the independent Telegram outlet 7×7 – Horizontal Russia.
In itself it’s not a controversial decision, but the thing is that the mourning started on a special Russian day – the birthday of Vladimir Putin.
A grim arrival

The decision followed the arrival of a military aircraft carrying the bodies of Russian soldiers killed in combat.
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Pokrovsk Mayor Viktor Konstantinov announced the mourning period but did not specify how many coffins were delivered.
All entertainment events have been cancelled in the city, and flags are lowered to half-mast,
Mourning on Putin’s birthday

The announcement happened to fall on October 7—President Vladimir Putin’s 73rd birthday.
The overlap has sparked commentary, with critics and observers pointing to the symbolic weight of mourning on a day typically associated with state celebration.
“A harsh political gesture”

Some Russian propagandists called the mayor’s decision “a harsh political gesture,” suggesting that the timing of the decree may be seen as politically loaded, if not intentionally critical, given its alignment with the Kremlin leader’s birthday.
Russia’s losses escalate sharply

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According to Ukraine’s General Staff, Russia lost roughly 1,020 soldiers in the 24-hour period before October 7.
These figures are part of a larger pattern of severe battlefield losses for Russian forces in recent months.
Nearly one million Russian casualties

Ukraine estimates that, since the invasion began on February 24, 2022, Russia has suffered close to one million casualties, including both the dead and wounded.
The scale of the toll illustrates the war’s enduring brutality.
Zelensky: Russian death toll three times higher

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated in August that Russia’s losses are about three times higher than those of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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This disparity has been a recurring theme in Kyiv’s messaging about the war’s trajectory.
300,000 Russian soldiers eliminated this year

On September 16, Ukraine’s top commander, Oleksandr Syrsky, claimed that over 300,000 Russian soldiers had been killed since the beginning of 2025 alone.
If accurate, the figure suggests a dramatic acceleration in casualties this year.
Seven Russian brigades wiped out each month

The “I Want to Live” project, part of Ukraine’s prisoner-of-war coordination effort, reported on October 6 that approximately seven Russian brigades are being destroyed every month.
This article is made and published by Jens Asbjørn Bogen, which may have used AI in the preparation