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General Staff: Russia has lost 530,920 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

by The Kyiv Independent news desk June 20, 2024 8:07 AM 1 min read
Destroyed Russian tanks lie in a field near the village of Bohorodychne in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on Feb. 13, 2024. (Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Russia has lost 530,920 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 20.

This number includes 1,170 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 7,987 tanks, 15,337 armored fighting vehicles, 19,134 vehicles and fuel tanks, 14,052 artillery systems, 1,105 multiple launch rocket systems, 859 air defense systems, 359 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 11,260 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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