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General Staff: Russia has lost 283,900 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Oct. 11 that Russia had lost 283,900 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24 last year.

This number includes 820 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 4,863 tanks, 9,220 armored fighting vehicles, 9,145 vehicles and fuel tanks, 6,731 artillery systems, 809 multiple launch rocket systems, 545 air defense systems, 316 airplanes, 316 helicopters, 5,226 drones, and 20 boats.

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Nate Ostiller is a former News Editor at the Kyiv Independent. He works on special projects as a researcher and writer for The Red Line Podcast, covering Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and focused primarily on digital misinformation, memory politics, and ethnic conflict. Nate has a Master’s degree in Russian and Eurasian Studies from the University of Glasgow, and spent two years studying abroad at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine. Originally from the USA, he is currently based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

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