The Daily Populous Sunday August 11st, 2024 evening edition
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Russia has lost 590,920 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 Aug. 11.

This number includes 1,220 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,447 tanks, 16,363 armored fighting vehicles, 22,524 vehicles and fuel tanks, 16,663 artillery systems, 1,143 multiple launch rocket systems, 918 air defense systems, 366 airplanes, 328 helicopters, 13,399 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

IRGROUP300 on August 11st, 2024 at 09:23 UTC »

That’s not 590,920 dead, for the folks not aware. This appears to be the overall casualties list Ukrainian state media has been keeping updated.

SendStoreMeloner on August 11st, 2024 at 09:02 UTC »

The Russian people won't care it before it starts to hurt Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

macross1984 on August 11st, 2024 at 08:39 UTC »

Russia suffered the greatest loss in personnel, weapons hardware in army, air force and navy unparalleled in 21st. century.

Even before the war, Russia was suffering shrinking population and Putin does not care less so long as he hold onto the job long enough and die on the job.

Edit: I am informed that "modern" is too broad a word so I am changing it to 21st. century to better define what I meant.