A destroyed Russian tank in a field near the village of Bohorodychne, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on Feb. 13, 2024. (Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 768,220 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 Dec. 19.
This number includes 1,530 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,576 tanks, 19,799 armored fighting vehicles, 31,678 vehicles and fuel tanks, 21,178 artillery systems, 1,256 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,026 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 20,521 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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Deputy commander of one of the flagship units of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces specializing in the use of FPV (first-person view) drones discusses the current state of drone warfare in Ukraine
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