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Updated · Ukrainska Pravda · Jul 1Russia Loses 1,210 Troops and 71 Artillery Systems in 1 Day
3 articles · Updated · Ukrainska Pravda · Jul 1Summary
- 1,210 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded over the past day, while Ukraine's military also reported 71 artillery systems destroyed.
- Those daily losses lifted Russia's estimated total casualties since February 2022 to about 1,404,760, according to the Ukrainian General Staff.
- The same update put Russia's cumulative equipment losses at 12,069 tanks, 24,856 armoured combat vehicles and 45,111 artillery systems.
- Other totals included 383,067 operational-tactical UAVs, 114,499 vehicles and fuel tankers, and 4,369 special vehicles and other equipment.
- Ukraine said the figures were still being confirmed, underscoring that the battlefield toll remains an evolving estimate.
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With its army and economy failing, how long can Russia's attritional war strategy possibly last? As drones cause 85% of casualties, is the era of conventional tank and infantry battles now over? How did Ukraine, without a traditional navy, manage to neutralize Russia's entire Black Sea Fleet?