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Russia has lost 642,420 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 Sept. 22.
This number includes 1,500 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,768 tanks, 17,222 armored fighting vehicles, 25,023 vehicles and fuel tanks, 18,333 artillery systems, 1,195 multiple launch rocket systems, 949 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 328 helicopters, 15,628 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
Russian strike on apartment building in Kharkiv injures 21, including children
The injured include one 8-year-old child and two 17-year-olds, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said. At least six of the wounded have been hospitalized and over 60 people have been evacuated from the high-rise.
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