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General Staff: Russia has lost 655,560 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 655,560 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Ukrainian servicemen of the 43rd Artillery Brigade fire self-propelled artillery 2S7 Pion toward Russian positions in an undisclosed area in the Pokrovsk district, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on Aug. 8, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Roman Pilipey / AFP via Getty Images) #spotfrancis

Russia has lost 655,560 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 Oct. 2.

This number includes 1,130 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,887 tanks, 17,579 armored fighting vehicles, 25,692 vehicles and fuel tanks, 18,869 artillery systems, 1,204 multiple launch rocket systems, 963 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 328 helicopters, 16,348 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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