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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,420,690 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,420,690 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
A fighter of the Special Purpose Police Battalion of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region launches an FPV drone from a trench on the approaches to Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on March 5, 2026. (Dmytro Smolienko/ Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Russia has lost around 1,420,690 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 13.

The number includes 1,600 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 12,125 tanks, 24,931 armored combat vehicles, 119,532 vehicles and fuel tanks, 45,865 artillery systems, 1,929 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,489 air defense systems, 437 aircraft, 353 helicopters, 405,693 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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