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General Staff: Russia has lost 528,620 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 528,620 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Destroyed Russian tanks are lying in a field near the village of Bohorodychne in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on Feb. 13, 2024. (Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Russia has lost 528,620 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 18.

This number includes 1,230 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 7,974 tanks, 15,307 armored fighting vehicles, 19,031 vehicles and fuel tanks, 13,959 artillery systems, 1,104 multiple launch rocket systems, 853 air defense systems, 359 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 11,187 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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