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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,398,370 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,398,370 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
An armored military vehicle equipped with additional protection against drone strikes travels along a road shielded by anti-drone nets in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on June 20, 2026. (Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Russia has lost around 1,398,370 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 26.

The number includes 1,310 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 12,059 tanks, 24,823 armored combat vehicles, 112,146 vehicles and fuel tanks, 44,799 artillery systems, 1,896 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,447 air defense systems, 436 aircraft, 353 helicopters, 373,660 drones, 33 ships 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 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 to 140,000 are thought to be killed in action (KIA).

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