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General Staff: Russia has lost 521,830 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

by The Kyiv Independent news desk June 12, 2024 8:24 AM 1 min read
Soldiers from the 56th Motorized Brigade fire at Russian infantry in the Bakhmut direction from an undisclosed location in Donetsk Oblast on May 30, 2023. Photo for illustrative purposes. (Asami Terajima/The Kyiv Independent)
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Russia has lost 521,830 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 12.

This number includes 980 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 7,911 tanks, 15,187 armored fighting vehicles, 18,736 vehicles and fuel tanks, 13,736 artillery systems, 1,099 multiple launch rocket systems, 844 air defense systems, 359 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 11,042 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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