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General Staff: Russia has lost 995,030 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 995,030 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The Ukrainian Army hits targets on the front line in Donetsk Oblast as intense hostilities continue amid the Russian invasion on Dec. 4, 2022. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Russia has lost 995,030 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 June 7.

The number includes 1,120 casualties that Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 10,904 tanks, 22,737 armored fighting vehicles, 51,079 vehicles and fuel tanks, 28,850 artillery systems, 1,410 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,181 air defense systems, 413 airplanes, 337 helicopters, 39,493 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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Editor’s note: In accordance with the security protocols of the Ukrainian military, soldiers featured in this story are identified by first names and callsigns only. DONETSK OBLAST – From the moment the vehicles duck into pre-prepared positions in the leafy treeline to the first dead Russian soldiers, less than twenty
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