The Russians have also lost 5,564 tanks, 10,372 armored combat vehicles and 7,931 artillery systems during their military campaign in Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Friday, as cited by state news agency Ukrinform.
On Thursday alone, Ukrainian forces killed 1,280 Russian soldiers, according to the ukrinform.net website.
Other Russian losses in Ukraine include 912 multiple launch rocket systems, 602 air defense systems, 323 warplanes, 324 helicopters, 22 warships, and 5,976 unmanned aerial vehicles, ukrinform.net reported.
A top British military official said in the summer that "Russia has lost nearly half the combat effectiveness of its army" since invading Ukraine in February last year.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, launching the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II.
Friday is day 646 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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