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General Staff: Russia has lost 717,590 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 717,590 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
A view of destroyed Russian armored vehicles and tanks after Russian forces withdrew from the town of Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on Oct. 5, 2022. (Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Russia has lost 717,590 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. 15.

This number includes 1,520 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,330 tanks, 18,968 armored fighting vehicles, 29,167 vehicles and fuel tanks, 20,492 artillery systems, 1,252 multiple launch rocket systems, 999 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 18,886 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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