Servicemen of Third mechanized battalion 24th mechanized brigade named after King Danylo fire a 120mm mortar in Chasiv Yar town, in Donetsk region, Ukraine on June 20, 2024.
Russia has lost 820,430 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. 20.
This number includes 1,690 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,821 tanks, 20,454 armored fighting vehicles, 34,488 vehicles and fuel tanks, 22,074 artillery systems, 1,262 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,049 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 331 helicopters, 22,768 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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