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

by The Kyiv Independent news desk November 24, 2024 10:10 AM 1 min read
Ukrainian soldiers operate a 122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30) near Toretsk, Ukraine, on Nov. 9, 2024, (Diego Fedele/Getty Images)
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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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