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General Staff: Russia has lost 592,000 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 592,000 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
A Russian battle tank T-72 drives outside the Russian town of Sudzha on Aug. 8, 2024. Photo for illustrative purposes. (Anatoliy Zhdanov/Kommersant Photo/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia has lost 592,000 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 Aug. 12.

This number includes 1,080 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,450 tanks, 16,368 armored fighting vehicles, 22,590 vehicles and fuel tanks, 16,728 artillery systems, 1,146 multiple launch rocket systems, 919 air defense systems, 366 airplanes, 328 helicopters, 13,472 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 8, injure 30 over past day
Missile fragments fell on residential buildings in Kyiv Oblast’s Brovary district, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said. The bodies of a 35-year-old man and his 4-year-old son were found under the rubble during search and rescue operations.
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