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General Staff: Russia has lost 180,590 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

by The Kyiv Independent news desk April 13, 2023 9:10 AM 1 min read
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The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on April 13 that Russia had lost 180,590 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24 last year.

This number includes 540 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 3,646 tanks, 7,053 armored fighting vehicles, 5,637 vehicles and fuel tanks, 2,777 artillery systems, 535 multiple launch rocket systems, 283 air defense systems, 307 airplanes, 293 helicopters, 2,339 drones, and 18 boats.

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