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General Staff: Russia has lost 513,700 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

by The Kyiv Independent news desk June 5, 2024 8:13 AM 1 min read
Illustrative purposes only: Destroyed Russian main battle tanks and armored vehicles lying beside a road on May 25, 2022, in Irpin, Ukraine. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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Russia has lost 513,700 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 5.

This number includes 1,280 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 7,806 tanks, 15,036 armored fighting vehicles, 18,297 vehicles and fuel tanks, 13,385 artillery systems, 1,092 multiple launch rocket systems, 830 air defense systems, 357 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 10,805 drones, 27 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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