Crew members of the 56th motorized brigade fires a mortar at Russian positions near the occupied Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on February 2, 2024 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (Dmytro Larin /Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 632,630 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 Sept. 14.
This number includes 1,210 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,674 tanks, 17,043 armored fighting vehicles, 24,631 vehicles and fuel tanks, 18,086 artillery systems, 1,186 multiple launch rocket systems, 946 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 328 helicopters, 15,149 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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