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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,012,500 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,012,500 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Ukrainian soldiers of a mortar unit fire a mortar in the direction of Toretsk, Ukraine on Aug. 18, 2024. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Russia has lost around 1,012,500 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 June 23.

The number includes 1,010 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 10,965 tanks, 22,872 armored fighting vehicles, 52,861 vehicles and fuel tanks, 29,490 artillery systems, 1,423 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,188 air defense systems, 416 airplanes, 337 helicopters, 41,717 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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