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Russia has lost 509,860 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 2.
This number includes 1,080 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 7,765 tanks, 14,980 armored fighting vehicles, 18,092 vehicles and fuel tanks, 13,233 artillery systems, 1,089 multiple launch rocket systems, 821 air defense systems, 357 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 10,699 drones, 27 ships and boats, and one submarine.
As Russian losses in Ukraine hit 500,000, Putin buries future demographic risks at home
According to Ukraine’s General Staff, over half a million Russian soldiers were either killed or wounded in Ukraine during the 27-month-long full-scale war. The staggering number is in line with the estimates of the U.K. and France, which said earlier in May that the overall Russian losses are set
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