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General Staff: Russia has lost 461,940 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

by The Kyiv Independent news desk April 24, 2024 8:18 AM 1 min read
Ukrainian soldiers firing with an SPG in the direction of Bakhmut on Feb. 4, 2024. Photo for illustrative purposes. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Russia has lost 461,940 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 April 24.

This number includes 880 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 7,242  tanks, 13,928 armored fighting vehicles, 15,892 vehicles and fuel tanks, 11,808 artillery systems, 1,048 multiple launch rocket systems, 771 air defense systems, 348 airplanes, 325 helicopters, 9,439 drones, 26 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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