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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,386,680 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,386,680 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
A Ukrainian soldier places a VB140 interceptor drone on a catapult while another soldier holds a UEB interceptor drone near the frontline on the outskirts of the city of Sumy, northeastern Ukraine, on June 13, 2026. (Francisco Richart/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Russia has lost around 1,386,680 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 June 17.

The number includes 1,260 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 12,033 tanks, 24,775 armored combat vehicles, 107,994 vehicles and fuel tanks, 44,169 artillery systems, 1,874 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,427 air defense systems, 436 aircraft, 353 helicopters, 355,593 drones, 1,677 unmanned ground vehicles, 33 ships and boats, and two submarines.

Ukraine's General Staff has not revealed its own losses during the war, citing operational secrecy.

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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