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General Staff: Russia has lost 539,320 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 539,320 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Ukrainian mortar soldiers on the front line south of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, on Nov. 20, 2023. (Francis Farrell/The Kyiv Independent)

Russia has lost 539,320 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 27.

This number includes 1,260 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,042 tanks, 15,459 armored fighting vehicles, 19,468 vehicles and fuel tanks, 14,363 artillery systems, 1,108 multiple launch rocket systems, 868 air defense systems, 359 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 11,459 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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The latest announcement comes as Kyiv experienced widespread power outages on Oct. 8 following a Russian attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Over 3 million residents in the capital lost power in what officials described as "an attack on one of the energy facilities important for the city of Kyiv."

The railway operator initially reported that the passenger train's driver suffered a leg injury and four passengers required medical attention. The crew of the electric locomotive was unharmed.

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