General Staff: Ukrainian Defense Forces eliminated another 1 000 Russians at the front

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Anastasiia Mohylevets
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Over the past 24 hours, March 7, the Russian Federation lost 1 000 servicemen killed and wounded, a multiple launch rocket system, and three air defense systems.

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

The Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed four enemy tanks, 12 armored combat vehicles, 24 artillery systems, one MLRS, three air defense systems, 148 operational-tactical-level UAVs, 35 cruise missiles, 113 units of automotive equipment, and three units of special equipment.

According to the General Staff, since the beginning of the Great War, Russia has lost approximately 883 950 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.

Ukraine last officially updated its casualty figures on February 16, 2025 — President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 46 000 soldiers were killed and almost 380 000 were wounded.

On the third anniversary of the Russian Federationʼs full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian media gave a new estimate of the number of Russian losses in the war — approximately 160-165 thousand dead soldiers, officers, contract workers, mobilized and other Russians.

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