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General Staff: Russia has lost 442,170 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

by The Kyiv Independent news desk March 31, 2024 9:38 AM 1 min read
Ukrainian soldiers reload an artillery unit on the front line, in the direction of the Kreminna in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on Jan. 30, 2024. (Ignacio Marin/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Russia has lost 442,170 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 31.

This number includes 650 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 6,966 tanks, 13,304 armored fighting vehicles, 14,717 vehicles and fuel tanks, 11,050 artillery systems, 1,023 multiple launch rocket systems, 743 air defense systems, 347 airplanes, 325 helicopters, 8,731  drones, 26 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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