Servicemen of one of the mobile air defense units of the 5th Slobozhanska Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine are seen on combat duty in unknown location in Ukraine on Feb. 27, 2024. (Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy / Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 943,060 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 April 22.
The number includes 1,130 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 10,683 tanks, 22,296 armored fighting vehicles, 45,458 vehicles and fuel tanks, 26,689 artillery systems, 1,368 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,140 air defense systems, 370 airplanes, 335 helicopters, 33,388 drones, 3,148 cruise missiles, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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Ukraine's General Staff denied claims made by the chief of the General Staff of the Russian army, Valery Gerasimov, that Russian forces have captured the city of Kupiansk on Nov. 20.
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