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General Staff: Russia has lost 879,410 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

by The Kyiv Independent news desk March 4, 2025 8:15 AM 1 min read
Recruit of the 37th Marine Brigade with RPG-7 fires during an additional training course on Dec. 24, 2024 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Ivan Antypenko/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC "UA:PBC"/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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Russia has lost 879,410 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 March 4.

This number includes 1,340 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 10,255 tanks, 21,298 armored fighting vehicles, 39,428 vehicles and fuel tanks, 24,064 artillery systems, 1,306 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,094 air defense systems, 370 airplanes, 331 helicopters, 27,741 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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