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General Staff: Russia has lost 252,200 troops in Ukraine
August 10, 2023 8:21 AM
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The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Aug. 10 that Russia had lost 252,200 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24 last year.
This number includes 580 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 4,278 tanks, 8,303 armored fighting vehicles, 7,495 vehicles and fuel tanks, 5,028 artillery systems, 711 multiple launch rocket systems, 469 air defense systems, 315 airplanes, 313 helicopters, 4,179 drones, and 18 boats.
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Elsa Court
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Elsa Court is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. She was previously an intern at the Kyiv Post and has a Master’s in Conflict Studies and Human Rights from Utrecht University. Before joining the Kyiv Independent, she worked at the Netherlands Red Cross programme to arrange hosts for Ukrainian refugees and as a freelance writer and editor. Elsa is originally from the UK and is based in the Netherlands.
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