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General Staff: Russia has lost 563,640 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

by The Kyiv Independent news desk July 18, 2024 8:28 AM 1 min read
Destroyed Russian tank near the village of Dmytrivka, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, on March 15, 2023. (Oleksii Chumachenko/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Russia has lost 563,640 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 July 18.

This number includes 1,130 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,245 tanks, 15,883 armored fighting vehicles, 20,833 vehicles and fuel tanks, 15,465 artillery systems, 1,120 multiple launch rocket systems, 893 air defense systems, 361 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 12,274 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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