The artillery of Ukraine's 56th Brigade fires in the Bakhmut direction in Donetsk Oblast on Oct. 24, 2023. (Oleh Arkhanhorodsky/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 757,340 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. 11.
This number includes 1,400 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,526 tanks, 19,616 armored fighting vehicles, 31,073 vehicles and fuel tanks, 21,067 artillery systems, 1,253 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,023 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 20,111 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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