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Russia has lost 599,350 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 1,170 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,508 tanks, 16,480 armored fighting vehicles, 22,992 vehicles and fuel tanks, 17,056 artillery systems, 1,161 multiple launch rocket systems, 923 air defense systems, 367 airplanes, 328 helicopters, 13,752drones, 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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