Russian-controlled soldiers walk the streets of destroyed Mariupol, Ukraine, on May 4, 2022. (Photo by Leon Klein/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 858,390 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 Feb. 16.
This number includes 1,730 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 10,073 tanks, 21,011 armored fighting vehicles, 37,456 vehicles and fuel tanks, 23,185 artillery systems, 1,283 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,067 air defense systems, 370 airplanes, 331 helicopters, 25,377 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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