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General Staff: Russia has lost 981,850 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 981,850 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Military vehicles are seen on a road at sunset on the fields nearby Chasiv Yar battlefield, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2024. (Narciso Contreras/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Russia has lost around 981,850 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 May 26.

The number includes 1,000 casualties that Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 10,858 tanks, 22,641 armored fighting vehicles, 49,843 vehicles and fuel tanks, 28,320 artillery systems, 1,397 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,171 air defense systems, 372 airplanes, 336 helicopters, 37,631 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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