A Ukrainian tank makes its way along a dirt road in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on June 17, 2025. (Tetiana Dzhafarova/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia has lost around 1,106,430 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 Sept. 26.
The number includes 940 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 11,203 tanks, 23,287 armored fighting vehicles, 62,818 vehicles and fuel tanks, 33,147 artillery systems, 1,501 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,222 air defense systems, 427 airplanes, 345 helicopters, 63,569 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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