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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,444,810 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,444,810 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Ukrainian soldiers operate the Bliskavka attack drone to strike Russian positions in the direction of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on May 15, 2026. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Russia has lost around 1,444,810 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 30.

The figure includes 1,360 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 12,230 tanks, 25,049 armored combat vehicles, 127,621 vehicles and fuel tanks, 47,003 artillery systems, 1,976 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,522 air defense systems, 439 aircraft, 354 helicopters, 2,071 unmanned ground systems, 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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