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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,116,340 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,116,340 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Ukrainian soldiers service their tanks and armored vehicles in the Kherson region, Ukraine, on Aug. 8, 2025. (Fermin Torrano/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Russia has lost around 1,116,340 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 Oct. 6.

The number includes 1090 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 11,235 tanks, 23,313 armored fighting vehicles, 63,496 vehicles and fuel tanks, 33,464 artillery systems, 1,516 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,223 air defense systems, 427 airplanes, 346 helicopters, 67,226 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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By infiltrating Ukrainian positions in small infantry groups, Russia has accumulated around 200 troops within Pokrovsk, the General Staff reported. These personnel are engaging in "intense" small arms and drone clashes with Ukrainian troops in the city.

While Ukraine also lacks Western-supplied weapons, soldiers and commanders say shortages of basics — cars, drones and people — make holding back Russia extremely difficult. Even as Kyiv seeks U.S. approval for Tomahawks, they say critical, rudimentary gear is the more pressing need.

Russia faces an increase in the arson and “spontaneous combustion” of electrical panels, railway relay cabinets, and other infrastructure helping Moscow wage its war against Ukraine over the past week, a source at Ukraine’s military intelligence told the Kyiv Independent.

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