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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,533,970 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

The number includes 1,470 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,533,970 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia has suffered approximately 1,533,970 casualties since its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. This figure encompasses the 1,470 Russian casualties from the previous day, bringing the total to over 1.53 million. The report also details Russia's significant losses in military equipment, including tanks, armored vehicles, vehicles and fuel tanks, artillery systems, multiple launch rocket systems, air defense systems, aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned ground vehicles, ships, and submarines.

While Ukraine has not disclosed its own losses, independent Western analyses suggest that Russian casualties are roughly 2.5 to 2 times higher than Ukraine's.

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