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Russia has lost 614,950 troops since the beginning of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Aug. 30.
This number includes 1,360 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,582 tanks, 16,736 armored fighting vehicles, 23,825 vehicles and fuel tanks, 17,614 artillery systems, 1,176 multiple launch rocket systems, 940 air defense systems, 368 airplanes, 328 helicopters, 14,471 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
Russian POWs on their capture in Kursk Oblast: ‘Commanders just disappeared’
Halfway down a narrow corridor painted all in gray, the guard wrestles with a bulky lock to gain entry to the prison cell. Inside are around twenty young men, sitting on a criss-crossing pattern of metal bunk beds. In the corner of the room, plastic cups and books are stacked
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