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General Staff: Russia has lost 728,300 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

by The Kyiv Independent news desk November 22, 2024 8:24 AM 1 min read
Ukrainian soldiers of a mortar unit fire a mortar near the embattled town of Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, on Aug. 18, 2024. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Russia has lost 728,300 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. 22.

This number includes 1,050 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,399 tanks, 19,156 armored fighting vehicles, 29,777 vehicles and fuel tanks, 20,736 artillery systems, 1,254 multiple launch rocket systems, 1004 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 19,260 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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