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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,317,150 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,317,150 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Ukrainian soldiers fire the Ukrainian artillery piece 'Bohdana' from their artillery position in the direction of Toretsk, Ukraine, on 31 August 2025. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Russia has lost 1,317,150 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on April 17.

The number includes 1,080 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 11,876 tanks, 24,410 armored combat vehicles, 90,194 vehicles and fuel tanks, 40,242 artillery systems, 1,743 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,349 air defense systems, 435 aircraft, 350 helicopters, 245,112 drones, 33 ships and boats, and two submarines.

Ukraine's General Staff does not reveal its own losses during the full-scale invasion, citing operational secrecy.

While Ukrainian officials rarely disclose figures, President Volodymyr Zelensky told France TV on Feb. 4 that at least 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action since the beginning of the full-scale war, in addition to many more classified as missing in action (MIA).

The intensity of Russian drones and fighting has made it difficult for Ukraine to retrieve the bodies of fallen soldiers, which are needed for DNA confirmation.

Independent Western think-tank reports agree that the Russian casualties significantly surpass Ukraine's losses, with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) estimating the ratio to be "roughly 2.5:1 or 2:1."

A January 2026 CSIS report said Ukraine has likely suffered between 500,000 and 600,000 casualties from February 2022 to December 2025, of which between 100,000 and 140,000 are thought to be killed in action (KIA).

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