Over the past 24 hours, January 17, the Russian Federation lost another 1 340 soldiers killed and wounded and over 60 units of automotive equipment.
This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Defense Forces destroyed 13 armored combat vehicles, 21 artillery systems, 13 operational-tactical-level UAVs, and 69 units of automotive equipment.
According to the General Staff, since the beginning of the Great War, Russia has lost approximately 817 160 of its soldiers killed and wounded.
Ukraine and Russia have been largely silent on their war casualties. Moscow last officially announced the 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, 2024 — President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 43 000 soldiers were killed and 370 000 were wounded.
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