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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,472,640 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

The figure includes 1,390 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,472,640 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia has suffered approximately 1,472,640 troop losses in Ukraine since the start of its full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022. This figure encompasses 1,390 casualties from the previous day, as well as substantial losses in military hardware and equipment, totaling over 472,000 units.

The Ukrainian General Staff has not disclosed their own losses due to operational security, but Western analyses, such as the Center for Strategic and International Studies, estimate Russia's casualties to be roughly 2.5 to 2 times higher than Ukraine's.

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