Over the past 24 hours, January 5, Russia lost another 1 730 soldiers killed and wounded, as well as military equipment.
This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The defense forces destroyed another seven tanks, 26 armored combat vehicles, 25 artillery systems, 91 operational-tactical-level UAVs, 97 vehicles, and two units of special equipment.
According to the General Staff, since the beginning of the Great War, Russia has lost approximately 796 490 of its soldiers killed and wounded.
Ukraine and Russia have been largely silent on their war casualties. Moscow last officially released a death toll in September 2022, when it said 5 937 people had died.
At the same time, the BBC Russian service, together with Mediazona, at the end of November 2024, established the names of 80 973 Russian servicemen who died during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine last officially updated its casualty figures on December 8 of this year — President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 43 000 soldiers were killed and another 370 000 were wounded.
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