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General Staff: Russia has lost 612,390 troops since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 612,390 troops since Feb. 24, 2022
Soldiers fire a 2C1 "Carnation" - Soviet 122-mm regimental self-propelled artillery installation, the world's first serial floating tracked self-propelled gun in Toretsk district, Ukraine on July 31, 2024. (Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)

Russia has lost 612,390 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. 29.

This number includes 1,200 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,571 tanks, 16,699 armored fighting vehicles, 23,706 vehicles and fuel tanks, 17,549 artillery systems, 1,174 multiple launch rocket systems, 939 air defense systems, 368 airplanes, 328 helicopters, 14,369 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

‘The goal should be strategic defeat of Russia’ – Latvian Defense Minister Andris Spruds
Editor’s note: The transcript of this interview has been edited for clarity. Latvia has been one of Ukraine’s staunchest supporters since the start of the all-out war. Sharing a border with both Russia and its ally Belarus, the small Baltic country understands Ukraine’s struggle all too well. As
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