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General Staff: Russia has lost 256,510 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

by Dinara Khalilova August 18, 2023 8:06 AM 1 min read
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The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Aug. 18 that Russia had lost 256,510 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24 last year.

This number includes 460 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 4,332 tanks, 8,410 armored fighting vehicles, 7,658 vehicles and fuel tanks, 5,193 artillery systems, 714 multiple launch rocket systems, 486 air defense systems, 315 airplanes, 316 helicopters, 4,276 drones, and 18 boats.

Ukrainian troops regularly cross Dnipro River, probing Russian defenses in Kherson Oblast
Kherson Oblast – Ukrainian soldiers board a speedboat one by one. It sinks deeper into the water, weighed down by the men, their weapons, and equipment. The soldiers at the stern push off from the riverbank with oars until, finally, they turn on the boat’s engine, roaring into the darkness toward

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