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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,408,340 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,408,340 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Ukrainian soldiers from the 30th Brigade fire with Bohdana artillery at Russian positions in the Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, 31 May 2026. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Russia has lost about 1,408,340 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 July 4.

The number includes 1,190 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 12,074 tanks, 24,869 armored combat vehicles, 115,644 vehicles and fuel tanks, 45,325 artillery systems, 1,913 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,469 air defense systems, 436 aircraft, 353 helicopters, 1,815 ground robotic systems, 389,110 drones, 4,847 cruise missiles, 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 and 140,000 are thought to be killed in action (KIA).

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