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General Staff: Russia has lost 278,570 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

by The Kyiv Independent news desk October 1, 2023 11:17 AM 1 min read
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The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Oct. 1 that Russia had lost 278,570 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24 last year.

This number includes 440 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 4,702 tanks, 8,991 armored vehicles, 6,477 artillery systems, 798 MLRS, 537 air defense systems, 315 planes, 316 helicopters and 5,043 drones.

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