Soldiers heading through the forest to the 122 mm howitzer 2A18 in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, on June 19, 2025. (Nikoletta Stoyanova/Getty Images)
Russia has lost around 1,122,810 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. 12.
The number includes 1,240 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 11,248 tanks, 23,345 armored fighting vehicles, 63,934 vehicles and fuel tanks, 33,578 artillery systems, 1,518 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,225 air defense systems, 427 airplanes, 346 helicopters, 69,010 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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