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General Staff: Russia has lost 750,610 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

by The Kyiv Independent news desk December 6, 2024 8:34 AM 1 min read
Ukrainian soldiers preparing a mortar in the direction of Velyka Novosilka in Donetsk Oblast on Feb. 9, 2024. Illustrative purposes. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Russia has lost 750,610 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 Dec. 6.

This number includes 1,660 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,514 tanks, 19,518 armored fighting vehicles, 30,899 vehicles and fuel tanks, 21,043 artillery systems, 1,253 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,020 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 20,023 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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