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Russia has lost 701,650 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 Nov. 5.
This number includes 1,260 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,208 tanks, 18,581 armored fighting vehicles, 28,278 vehicles and fuel tanks, 20,150 artillery systems, 1,245 multiple launch rocket systems, 996 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 18,309 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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