Illustrative image: A mortar unit with a 120 mm mortar prepares to perform a combat mission in Kharkiv Oblast on May 18, 2024. (Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)
Russia has lost 804,930 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 Jan. 10.
This number includes 1,830 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,741 tanks, 20,253 armored fighting vehicles, 33,473 vehicles and fuel tanks, 21,789 artillery systems, 1,260 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,041 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 331 helicopters, 21,884 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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