Soldiers of the artillery battery of the 59th Motorized Brigade of the Ukrainian army fire artillery toward Russian positions to support front-line troops in the direction of Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, on Dec. 16, 2023. (Ozge Elif Kizil/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 362,280 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 Jan. 4.
This number includes 780 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 6,002 tanks, 11,128 armored fighting vehicles, 11,423 vehicles and fuel tanks, 8,574 artillery systems, 947 multiple launch rocket systems, 630 air defense systems, 329 airplanes, 324 helicopters, 6,753 drones, 23 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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