Destroyed Russian tanks are lying in a field near the village of Bohorodychne in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on Feb. 13, 2024. (Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 754,590 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 Dec. 9.
This number includes 1,220 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,519 tanks, 19,589 armored fighting vehicles, 30,989 vehicles and fuel tanks, 21,061 artillery systems, 1,253 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,023 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 20,093 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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