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Russia has lost 466,150 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 28.
This number includes 1,096 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 7,279 tanks, 13,991 armored fighting vehicles, 16,065 vehicles and fuel tanks, 11,948 artillery systems, 1,050 multiple launch rocket systems, 776 air defense systems, 348 airplanes, 325 helicopters, 9,507 drones, 26 ships and boats, and one submarine.
Russia throws thousands of troops to capture Chasiv Yar. Why is it so important?
As the U.S. took months to approve the next package of much-needed military aid to Kyiv, Russia used the moment to step up its offensive operations in Ukraine. After capturing Avdiivka and multiple villages in the east, Moscow now has its eyes on the next primary target, the town
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