-Ukrainian artillerymen fire a howitzer artillery field gun at the front line near Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, on April 22, 2023. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)
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.
Chris York is news operations editor at the Kyiv Independent. Before joining the team, he was head of news at the Kyiv Post. Previously, back in Britain, he spent nearly a decade working for HuffPost UK. He holds an MA in Conflict, Development, and Security from the University of Leeds.
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