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General Staff: Russia has lost 325,580 troops in Ukraine

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General Staff: Russia has lost 325,580 troops in Ukraine
Ukrainian soldiers firing artillery in the direction of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast on Nov. 1, 2023. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Russia has lost 325,580 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 Nov. 27.

This number includes 750 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 5,520 tanks, 10,282 armored fighting vehicles, 10,299 vehicles and fuel tanks, 7,875 artillery systems, 907 multiple launch rocket systems, 597 air defense systems, 323 airplanes, 324 helicopters, 5,905 drones, 22 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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