A Ukrainian Grad multiple rocket launcher shells Russian troops near Luhansk, on April 10. (Getty Images)
Russia has lost 887,620 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 11.
This number includes 1,300 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 10,303 tanks, 21,423 armored fighting vehicles, 40,205 vehicles and fuel tanks, 24,346 artillery systems, 1,313 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,103 air defense systems, 370 airplanes, 331 helicopters, 28,801 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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