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General Staff: Russia has lost 423,160 troops in Ukraine

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General Staff: Russia has lost 423,160 troops in Ukraine
A Ukrainian soldier prepares 155mm artillery shells in his fighting position in Donetsk Oblast on Aug. 6, 2023. Photo for illustrative purposes (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Russia has lost 423,160 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 9.

This number includes 850 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 6,712 tanks, 12,823 armored fighting vehicles, 13,683 vehicles and fuel tanks, 10,428 artillery systems, 1,012 multiple launch rocket systems, 707 air defense systems, 347 airplanes, 325 helicopters, 8,041 drones, 26 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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Dominic is the business reporter for the Kyiv Independent. He has written for a number of publications including the Financial Times, bne IntelliNews, Radio Free Europe/Liberty, Euronews and New Eastern Europe. Previously, Dominic worked with StopFake as a disinformation expert, debunking Russian fake news in Europe.

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"Russian military personnel know exactly where their drones are headed and how long they can stay in the air," President Volodymyr Zelensky said, commenting on the attacks. "The routes are always calculated. This cannot be an accident, a mistake, or the initiative of some lower-level commanders."

It is the third time Russian forces have used pipelines as a tactic, which they first adopted during the Battle of Avdiivka. Back in March, around 100 troops passed through a gas pipeline to reach Ukrainian positions in Sudzha, in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

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