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General Staff: Russia has lost 675,800 troops since Feb. 24, 2022

by The Kyiv Independent news desk October 18, 2024 8:24 AM 1 min read
Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery near Toretsk, Ukraine, on July 30, 2024, amid Russia' war against Ukraine. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Russia has lost 675,800 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 Oct. 18.

This number includes 1,530 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,027 tanks, 18,053 armored fighting vehicles, 26,908 vehicles and fuel tanks, 19,533 artillery systems, 1,232 multiple launch rocket systems, 978 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 17,152 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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