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Russian forces had lost 287,770 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24 last year, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported in its daily update on the morning of Oct. 15.
This number includes 880 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 4,948 tanks, 9,362 armored fighting vehicles, 9,249 vehicles and fuel tanks, 6,866 artillery systems, 813 multiple launch rocket systems, 547 air defense systems, 317 airplanes, 316 helicopters, 5,269 drones, 20 boats, and one submarine.
‘I want to go home’: Inside a Russian prisoner of war camp in Ukraine
Editor’s note: The location of the prisoner of the war detention center is undisclosed for security reasons. The Kyiv Independent got vocal recorded agreement from the prisoners of the war to be interviewed and identified in the story. Undisclosed location in Western Ukraine – Private Alexey Strelk…
Alexander Khrebet
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