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Russia has lost 501,190 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on May 26.
This number includes 1,110 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 7,662 tanks, 14,803 armored fighting vehicles, 17,639 vehicles and fuel tanks, 12,953 artillery systems, 1,083 multiple launch rocket systems, 814 air defense systems, 357 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 10,425 drones, 27 ships and boats, and one submarine.
Just_Another_Dad on May 26th, 2024 at 10:35 UTC »
Casualties (“losses”) do NOT equal deaths. The term refers to deaths AND injuries. An accurate “death count” is extremely difficult to pin down, but seems to be 100,000-150,000 Russians.
krt941 on May 26th, 2024 at 08:34 UTC »
That amounts to 1 in every 50 Russian man between the ages of 18 and 44.
k0lla86 on May 26th, 2024 at 07:33 UTC »
I wonder what the Ukrainian number is. Dont get me wrong, I hate russia with a passion, but I want realistic information about how the war is going for them when numbers are being spat.