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General Staff: Russia has lost 889,050 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

by The Kyiv Independent news desk March 12, 2025 8:11 AM 1 min read
Ukrainian flags wave in a residential area heavily damaged in the village of Dolyna in Donetsk Oblast after Russian troops withdrew from the village on Sept. 24, 2022. (Metin Aktas / Getty Images)
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Russia has lost 889,050 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 March 12.

This number includes 1,430 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 10,306 tanks, 21,430 armored fighting vehicles, 40,274 vehicles and fuel tanks, 24,390 artillery systems, 1,314 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,103 air defense systems, 370 airplanes, 331 helicopters, 28,912 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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