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General Staff: Russia has lost 331,110 troops in Ukraine

by The Kyiv Independent news desk December 2, 2023 1:23 PM 1 min read
Ukrainian soldiers patrol the area near Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast, on Nov. 21, 2023. (Ozge Elif Kizil/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Russia has lost 331,110 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 Dec. 2.

This number includes 1,070 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 5,571 tanks, 10,385 armored fighting vehicles, 10,410 vehicles and fuel tanks, 7,941 artillery systems, 913 multiple launch rocket systems, 602 air defense systems, 323 airplanes, 324 helicopters, 5,994 drones, 22 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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