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

by Dominic Culverwell March 9, 2024 9:27 AM 1 min read
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)
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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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