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Russia has lost 489,870 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 17.
This number includes 1,410 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 7,547 tanks, 14,552 armored fighting vehicles, 17,104 vehicles and fuel tanks, 12,603 artillery systems, 1,071 multiple launch rocket systems, 800 air defense systems, 353 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 10,073 drones, 26 ships and boats, and one submarine.
New Defense Minister Belousov to put Russia’s economy on war footing
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s appointment of a new defense minister, Andrey Belousov, is seen as an attempt to streamline Russia’s economy and mobilize it for the war effort. Russia’s military has faced numerous supply and logistics problems that thwarted its all-out war against Ukraine from t…
Oleg Sukhov
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