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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,273,290 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

Russia has lost around 1,273,290 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on March 7. The number includes 930 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day. According to the report, Russia has also lost 11,742 tanks, 24,157 armored combat vehicles, 82,101 vehicles and fuel tanks, 38,059 artillery systems, 1,673 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,322 air defense systems, 435 aircraft,

Kyiv reports zero deaths from cold during energy crisis — but there's a catch

Zero deaths linked to winter power or heating outages have been officially recorded in Kyiv, city authorities have said, despite months of severe cold caused by repeated Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. As Ukraine emerges from winter, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on March 1 that Russia launched more than 14,600 guided aerial bombs, 738 missiles, and nearly 19,000 attack drones over the three winter months. "But despite everything, Ukrainians made it through this difficu

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