General Staff: Russia lost 5 tanks and over 1 200 soldiers over the past day

On May 4, Russia lost another 1 260 soldiers killed and wounded, as well as hundreds of pieces of military equipment.

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

Over the course of the day, the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed five Russian tanks, eight armored combat vehicles, 43 artillery systems, one multiple launch rocket system, 137 operational-tactical drones, and another 109 units of automotive equipment.

According to the General Staff, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Federation has lost 958 070 thousand soldiers killed and wounded.

Ukraine and Russia rarely publish official figures on their war casualties. The last time Russia officially reported this was in September 2022, when it reported 5 937 dead.

Ukraine updated its statistics on February 16, 2025: according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, 46 000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed, and almost 380,000 more were wounded.

Regarding Russiaʼs losses, Zelensky said that as of February 4, Russia had lost almost 350 000 soldiers killed, another 50-70 000 were considered missing, and 600-700 000 were wounded.

As of the end of January, Russian media had collected the names of over 90 000 dead soldiers. The largest number of confirmed casualties was in Bashkortostan.

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