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 779,320 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. 25.
This number includes 1,600 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,628 tanks, 19,923 armored fighting vehicles, 32,117 vehicles and fuel tanks, 21,333 artillery systems, 1,256 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,030 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 20,908 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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