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Russia has lost 550,990 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 7.
This number includes 1,150 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,155 tanks, 15,645 armored fighting vehicles, 20,103 vehicles and fuel tanks, 14,937 artillery systems, 1,115 multiple launch rocket systems, 879 air defense systems, 360 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 11862 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
What Ukraine’s partial Chasiv Yar withdrawal actually means
Ukraine announced on July 4 that its troops had withdrawn from the Kanal neighborhood in Chasiv Yar, a strategically important town in Donetsk Oblast, and the scene of an intense, bloody battle that began in early April of this year. Speaking on national TV, Nazar Voloshyn, the spokesperson for the
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