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General Staff: Russia has lost 485,430 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 485,430 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Soldiers run to reload a 152mm howitzer after it is fired at an artillery position manned by Ukraine's 59th Brigade around 8km the Avdiivka front line in Donetsk Region, Ukraine on Oct. 23, 2023. (Ed Ram/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Russia has lost 485,430 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 14.

This number includes 1,400 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 7,496 tanks, 14,460 armored fighting vehicles, 16,907 vehicles and fuel tanks, 12,515 artillery systems, 1,070 multiple launch rocket systems, 798 air defense systems, 351 airplanes, 325 helicopters, 9,985 drones, 26 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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