Servicemen of the 44th Separate Artillery Brigade are firing the 2S22 "Bohdana" at Russian military positions in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, on Aug. 20, 2025. (Frontliner/Getty Images)
Russia has lost 1,080,480 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Aug. 29.
The number includes 850 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 11,143 tanks, 23,191 armored fighting vehicles, 60,116 vehicles and fuel tanks, 32,125 artillery systems, 1,476 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,213 air defense systems, 422 airplanes, 340 helicopters, 54,375 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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