General Staff: The Russian army lost more than a thousand soldiers and an air defense system over the past day

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Anastasiia Mohylevets
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On May 29, Russia lost another 1 140 of its soldiers killed and wounded, as well as dozens of pieces of equipment.

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

The defense forces destroyed one tank, two armored combat vehicles, 35 artillery systems, one MLRS, one air defense system, 71 operational-tactical drones, and 74 vehicles.

According to the General Staff, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Federation has lost more than 986 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 deaths.

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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