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General Staff: Russia has lost 419,020 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

by The Kyiv Independent news desk March 5, 2024 8:11 AM 1 min read
Ukrainian soldiers ride on an armoured vehicle in Novostepanivka, Kharkiv Oblast, on Sept. 19, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images) 
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Russia has lost 419,020 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 March 5.

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

According to the report, Russia has also lost 6,657 tanks, 12,688 armored fighting vehicles, 13,423 vehicles and fuel tanks, 10,258 artillery systems, 1,007 multiple launch rocket systems, 700 air defense systems, 347 airplanes, 325 helicopters, 7,863 drones, 25 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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