Ukrainian troops with a Leopard 2 tank in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on Sept. 16, 2023. (Vincenzo Circosta/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 536,840 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 25.
This number includes 1,180 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,035 tanks, 15,431 armored fighting vehicles, 19,362 vehicles and fuel tanks, 14,281 artillery systems, 1,108 multiple launch rocket systems, 863 air defense systems, 359 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 11,413 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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"This is evidence that NSATU (NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine) is working, and the decisions of the NATO Summit in The Hague are being implemented," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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