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Russia has lost 610,100 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. 27.
This number includes 1,280 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,563 tanks, 16,667 armored fighting vehicles, 23,613 vehicles and fuel tanks, 17,495 artillery systems, 1,173 multiple launch rocket systems, 937 air defense systems, 367 airplanes, 328 helicopters, 14,254 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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Viktoriia Skyba, a 29-year-old mother of two, didn’t have the time to reach a bomb shelter when Russia attacked her town during what Ukrainian officials have said is the largest attack on Ukraine since the full-scale invasion. She saw a missile flying above her house and a large pillar of
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