A Ukrainian infantryman runs towards the trenches on the front line, in the Kreminna forest, Luhansk Oblast, on Jan. 31, 2024. (Ignacio Marin/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 404,950 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 Feb. 20.
This number includes 1,230 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 6,503 tanks, 12,268 armored fighting vehicles, 12,805 vehicles and fuel tanks, 9,773 artillery systems, 988 multiple launch rocket systems, 675 air defense systems, 337 airplanes, 325 helicopters, 7,521 drones, as well as 25 warships and boats.
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The attack comes as President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Ukrainians should brace for mass Russian missile and drone strikes over the Christmas period.
"Updating the voter register is one of the fundamental conditions for holding any elections," said David Arakhamia, leader of the Servant of the People faction. "The war has had a significant impact on demographic indicators, and this must be reflected in the register."
Under martial law, Ukrainian men aged 25 to 60 are subject to conscription and are forbidden from leaving the country except under a certain number of specific circumstances.
