The equipment with Russian military markings during an exhibition on European Square on July 23, 2023 in Dnipro, Ukraine. The exhibition was organized with the goal of raising funds for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. (Denys Poliakov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 441,520 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 29.
This number includes 730 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 6,951 tanks, 13,284 armored fighting vehicles, 14,645 vehicles and fuel tanks, 11,006 artillery systems, 1,023 multiple launch rocket systems, 736 air defense systems, 347 airplanes, 325 helicopters, 8,701 drones, 2,046 cruise missiles, 26 ships and boats, and one submarine.
Chris York is news operations editor at the Kyiv Independent. Before joining the team, he was head of news at the Kyiv Post. Previously, back in Britain, he spent nearly a decade working for HuffPost UK. He holds an MA in Conflict, Development, and Security from the University of Leeds.
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