A column of Russian tanks marked with the Russian pro-war symbol "Z" drive along a highway in Mariupol, Ukraine, on March 23, 2022. (Maximilian Clarke/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 407,240 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. 22.
This number includes 1,160 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 6,523 tanks, 12,373 armored fighting vehicles, 12,924 vehicles and fuel tanks, 9,867 artillery systems, 997 multiple launch rocket systems, 680 air defense systems, 339 airplanes, 325 helicopters, 7,596 drones, and 25 warships and boats.
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Kateryna Denisova
