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General Staff: Russia has lost 508,780 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

by The Kyiv Independent news desk June 1, 2024 9:06 AM 1 min read
Soldiers run to reload a 152 mm howitzer after it is fired at an artillery position manned by Ukraine's 59th Brigade around the Avdiivka front line in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on Oct. 23, 2023. (Ed Ram/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Russia has lost 508,780 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 June 1.

This number includes 1,130 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 7,740 tanks, 14,947 armored fighting vehicles, 18,006 vehicles and fuel tanks, 13,184 artillery systems, 1,088 multiple launch rocket systems, 815 air defense systems, 357 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 10,617 drones, 27 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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