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General Staff: Russia has lost 194,430 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

by The Kyiv Independent news desk May 7, 2023 9:29 AM 1 min read
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The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on May 7 that Russia had lost 194,430 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24 last year.

This number includes 660 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia also lost 3,723 tanks, 7,248 armored fighting vehicles, 5,952 vehicles and fuel tanks, 3,010 artillery systems, 554 multiple launch rocket systems, 306 air defense systems, 308 airplanes, 294 helicopters, 2,572 drones, and 18 boats.

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