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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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While Russian missile strikes on Kyiv have become horrifyingly routine during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the attack that occurred on March 25 was a rare event. Air raid sirens that normally give people more than enough time to grab a coat and get to the nearest shelter before missiles
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