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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,443,450 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,443,450 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Members of the Black Tulip organization work to identify Russian soldiers, in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast on June 29, 2024 (Pablo Miranzo/Anadolu/Getty Images)

Russia has lost around 1,443,450 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 29.

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

According to the report, Russia has also lost 12,227 tanks, 25,044 armored combat vehicles, 127,181 vehicles and fuel tanks, 46,962 artillery systems, 1,973 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,521 air defense systems, 439 aircraft, 354 helicopters, 2,063 unmanned ground systems, 432,778 operational-tactical UAVs, 4,950 cruise missiles, 34 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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Tania Myronyshena

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Tania Myronyshena is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent. She has written for outlets such as United24 Media, Ukrainer, Wonderzine, as well as for PEN Ukraine, a Ukrainian non-governmental organization. Before joining the Kyiv Independent, she worked as a freelance journalist with a focus on cultural narratives and human stories. Tania holds a B.A. in publishing and editing from Borys Hrinchenko Kyiv University.

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