The Ukrainian military fires RPGs at enemy positions as the special military unit "Kurt & Company group" holds the first line of the front line in Bakhmut District, Donetsk Oblast, on Nov. 3, 2023. (Kostya Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)
Russia has lost 370,980 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 Jan. 15.
This includes 980 casualties in the past 24 hours.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 6,089 tanks, 11,322 armored fighting vehicles, 11,698 vehicles and fuel tanks, 8,771 artillery systems, 955 multiple-launch rocket systems, 650 air defense systems, 329 airplanes, 324 helicopters, 6,865 drones, 23 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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