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General Staff: Russia has lost 730,740 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 730,740 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Ukrainian soldiers operate a 122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30) near Toretsk, Ukraine, on Nov. 9, 2024, (Diego Fedele/Getty Images)

Russia has lost 730,740 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. 24.

This number includes 1,020 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,423 tanks, 19,209 armored fighting vehicles, 29,864 vehicles and fuel tanks, 20,765 artillery systems, 1,254 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,004 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 19,366 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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"Russian military personnel know exactly where their drones are headed and how long they can stay in the air," President Volodymyr Zelensky said, commenting on the attacks. "The routes are always calculated. This cannot be an accident, a mistake, or the initiative of some lower-level commanders."

It is the third time Russian forces have used pipelines as a tactic, which they first adopted during the Battle of Avdiivka. Back in March, around 100 troops passed through a gas pipeline to reach Ukrainian positions in Sudzha, in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

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