Ukrainian soldiers from the Chervona Kalyna Brigade fire Soviet-era 2S1 artillery in the area of Pokrovsk in the eastern Donetsk Oblast on Nov. 15, 2024. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 774,100 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. 22.
This number includes 1,820 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,609 tanks, 19,870 armored fighting vehicles, 31,972 vehicles and fuel tanks, 21,284 artillery systems, 1,256 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,030 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 20,735 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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The Kyiv Independent news desk
