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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,355,920 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,355,920 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Russian soldiers during the rehearsal of Victory Day military parade at Red Square in Moscow, Russia on April 29, 2025 (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Russia has lost 1,355,920 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 May 24.

The number includes 1,110 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 11,950 tanks, 24,603 armored combat vehicles, 98,698 vehicles and fuel tanks, 42,640 artillery systems, 1,800 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,396 air defense systems, 436 aircraft, 353 helicopters, 308,321 drones, 1,451 ground robotic systems, 33 warships and boats, and two submarines.

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

Independent Western think-tank reports agree that the Russian casualties significantly surpass Ukraine's losses, with the D.C.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies 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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