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General Staff: Russia has lost 244,270 troops in Ukraine

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The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on July 27 that Russia has lost 244,270 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24 last year.

This number includes 590 casualties suffered by Russian forces over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 4,186 tanks, 8,147 armored fighting vehicles, 7,229 vehicles and fuel tanks, 4,745 artillery systems, 698 multiple launch rocket systems, 457 air defense systems, 315 airplanes, 311 helicopters, 3,996 drones, and 18 boats.

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Elsa Court is the audience development manager at the Kyiv Independent. She previously worked as a news editor at the Kyiv Independent and was an intern at the Kyiv Post in 2018. She has a Master’s in Conflict Studies and Human Rights from Utrecht University. Elsa is originally from the UK.

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