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General Staff: Russia lost 2 030 soldiers and 8 tanks over the past day

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Liza Brovko
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Reuters / «Бабель»

On November 28, Russia lost 2 030 soldiers killed and wounded, as well as dozens of units of military equipment.

This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Defense Forces of Ukraine destroyed another eight tanks, 33 armored fighting vehicles, 34 artillery systems, one air defense vehicle, 89 operational-tactical level drones, 86 vehicles and three units of special equipment.

In total, since February 24, 2022, Russia has lost more than 738 000 soldiers killed and wounded.

Ukraine and Russia give almost no information about their losses in the war. Moscow officially last named the number of people killed in September 2022 — then they declared 5 937 dead. Kyiv did not do this for a long time, saying that the data would be disclosed after the war.

On February 25, 2024, for the first time since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky declared the number of dead Ukrainian soldiers — 31 000. He did not name the number of wounded and missing.

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