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General Staff: Russia has lost 42,640 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24

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The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on Aug. 9 that Russia had also lost 1,817 tanks, 4,076 armored fighting vehicles, 2,998 vehicles and fuel tanks, 964 artillery systems, 261 multiple launch rocket systems, 133 air defense systems, 193 helicopters, 223 airplanes, 757 drones, and 15 boats.

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