Ukrainian soldiers from the 80th Air Assault Brigade's infantry assault group ride on an armored vehicle to conduct simulation training at an undisclosed shooting rage in the eastern Donetsk Oblast on Feb. 26, 2023. (Asami Terajima/The Kyiv Independent)
Russia has lost 503,800 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 28.
This number includes 1,460 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 7,692 tanks, 14,858 armored fighting vehicles, 17,740 vehicles and fuel tanks, 13,029 artillery systems, 1,085 multiple launch rocket systems, 815 air defense systems, 357 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 10,482 drones, 27 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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The latest estimates appear to be significantly higher than figures published earlier this month by independent Russian media outlets Mediazona and Meduza that estimated 352,000 Russian men between the ages of 18 and 59 have been killed since the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022.
"Our goal is to increase the pressure on the Russians in the rear even further and prevent them from carrying out active assault operations," Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said.
The Kyiv Independent’s Martin Fornusek speaks with Kaupo Rosin, director general of Estonia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, about Russia’s long-term strategy against Ukraine and Europe, the risks facing NATO’s eastern flank, and why Moscow still views the United States as its main adversary.
Explosions and fires were reported overnight on May 27 across multiple regions in Russia and occupied Crimea, with smoke reportedly visible near a military airfield in the southeastern Russian city of Voronezh.
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