Soldiers from the 56th Motorized Brigade fire at Russian infantry in the Bakhmut direction from an undisclosed location in Donetsk Oblast on May 30, 2023. Photo for illustrative purposes. (Asami Terajima/The Kyiv Independent)
Russia has lost 604,140 troops since the beginning of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Aug. 22.
This number includes 1,130 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,529 tanks, 16,567 armored fighting vehicles, 23,280 vehicles and fuel tanks, 17,262 artillery systems, 1,166 multiple launch rocket systems, 931 air defense systems, 367 airplanes, 328 helicopters, 13,998 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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