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Russia has lost 598,180 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. 17.
This number includes 1,230 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,501 tanks, 16,473 armored fighting vehicles, 22,913 vehicles and fuel tanks, 16,985 artillery systems, 1,160 multiple launch rocket systems, 923 air defense systems, 367 airplanes, 328 helicopters, 13,714 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
10 days of Ukraine’s Kursk incursion – from first shot to dozens of settlements captured
On the morning of Aug. 6, the first groups of Ukrainian soldiers armed with heavy equipment crossed the Ukrainian-Russian border and entered Kursk Oblast, marking the largest attack on Russian territory since World War II. This unprecedented operation took the world by surprise as Kyiv’s troops cut…
Martin Fornusek
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