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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,389,420 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,389,420 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Two Ukrainian soldiers handle the camera of 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 1,389,420 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 19.

The number includes 1,370 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 12,040 tanks, 24,783 armored combat vehicles, 108,866 vehicles and fuel tanks, 44,298 artillery systems, 1,881 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,432 air defense systems, 436 aircraft, 353 helicopters, 359,557 drones, 1,688 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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