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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.
Ukraine war latest: Russian troops retreat from village near Bakhmut as Ukraine advances
Key developments on July 25: * Ukraine makes small gains south of Bakhmut * US reportedly to provide Ukraine artillery rounds, air defense missiles in $400 million military package * Ukrainian military confirms using US-provided cluster munitions near Bakhmut * Russia may attack civilian vesse…

Elsa Court
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Elsa Court is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. She was previously an intern at the Kyiv Post and has a Master’s in Conflict Studies and Human Rights from Utrecht University. Before joining the Kyiv Independent, she worked at the Netherlands Red Cross programme to arrange hosts for Ukrainian refugees and as a freelance writer and editor. Elsa is originally from the UK and is based in the Netherlands.
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