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Russia has lost 548,580 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 July 5.
This number includes 1,110 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,142 tanks, 15,611 armored fighting vehicles, 19,977 vehicles and fuel tanks, 14,831 artillery systems, 1,115 multiple launch rocket systems, 878 air defense systems, 360 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 11,751 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
Who needs warships when you’ve got drones? Russia loses control over Black Sea
The view from the camera skims over the water, low and predatory. Dodging left and right between rows of white splashes, it sidles up to the aft of the looming gray hull. A shape appears to scramble across the deck of the Russian corvette before the feed cuts off. The
Igor Kossov
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