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General Staff: Russia has lost 561,400 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

by The Kyiv Independent news desk July 16, 2024 8:07 AM 1 min read
Russian military helicopters painted with the letter Z, a tactical insignia of Russian troops in Ukraine, are seen flying by a cemetery near a military airfield outside Taganrog in the Rostov region on July 26, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine. (Stringer / AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia has lost 561,400 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on July 16.

This number includes 1,110 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,227 tanks, 15,862 armored fighting vehicles, 20,680 vehicles and fuel tanks, 15,368 artillery systems, 1,119 multiple launch rocket systems, 892 air defense systems, 361 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 12,193 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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