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Ukraine estimates combat casualties suffered by Russia at more than 750,000 since the start of the war

Ukraine estimates combat casualties suffered by Russia at more than 750,000 since the start of the war

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have raised this Friday to more than 750,000 casualties in combat suffered by Russia since the beginning of the invasion, unleashed in February 2022 by order of Russian President Vladimir Putin, without Moscow having provided figures for months.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army said in a statement that the Russian Armed Forces have suffered “about 750,610” casualties to date, between dead and woundedincluding 1,660 during fighting recorded during the last day.

Furthermore, he has stated that since the beginning of the conflict 9,514 tanks and 21,043 artillery systems have been destroyed1,020 anti-aircraft systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 20,023 drones, 28 boats and a submarine, among other military equipment.

The balance has been published a day after the United Kingdom Intelligence services, citing data from kyiv, stated that the Russian Army has endured a third month suffering “new highs of daily casualties” in Ukraine, as well as a fifth month with maximum accumulated losses.

In another order of things, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army has indicated that the anti-aircraft defense systems have shot down during the night of Thursday and the early hours of Friday a total of 33 drones launched against several points in the country, in the midst of the intensification of Russian offensives in eastern Ukraine.

For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense has noted in a statement on its Telegram account that in the last few hours it has destroyed 32 drones launched against the Voronezh, Kursk and Belgorod regions, as well as a drone and two unmanned boats launched against the Crimean peninsula, annexed in 2014.

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