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Russia has lost 462,980 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 April 25.
This number includes 1,040 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 7,255 tanks, 13,942 armored fighting vehicles, 15,949 vehicles and fuel tanks, 11,836 artillery systems, 1,049 multiple launch rocket systems, 772 air defense systems, 348 airplanes, 325 helicopters, 9,449 drones, 26 ships and boats, and one submarine.
State department confirms US began secretly providing Ukraine long-range ATACMS missiles in March
The U.S. began this spring secretly providing Ukraine with long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) at President Joe Biden’s direction, U.S. State Department Spokesperson Vedant Patel confirmed at a press briefing on April 24. The statement was in response to a journalist’s question about…
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