Soldiers at the training ground calibrate their machine guns after going into combat on Jan. 9, 2024 in Lyman district, Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)
Russia has lost 379,610 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. 25.
This number includes 950 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 6,257 tanks, 11,621 armored fighting vehicles, 12,044 vehicles and fuel tanks, 9,067 artillery systems, 972 multiple-launch rocket systems, 660 air defense systems, 331 airplanes, 324 helicopters, 7,033 drones, 1,844 cruise missiles, 1,420 pieces of special equipment, 23 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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