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General Staff: Russia has lost 474,260 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

by The Kyiv Independent news desk May 5, 2024 9:21 AM 1 min read
Ukrainian paratroopers wait for transport along the road in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, on Jan. 28, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia has lost 474,260 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 May 5.

This number includes 860 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 7,375 tanks, 14,179 armored fighting vehicles, 16,418 vehicles and fuel tanks, 12,212 artillery systems, 1,057 multiple launch rocket systems, 790 air defense systems, 349 airplanes, 325 helicopters, 9,636 drones, 26 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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