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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,502,390 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,502,390 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Smoke rises from a howitzer camouflaged among trees in a wooded area on Aug. 27, 2026 in Sumy, Ukraine. (Photo by BrightBird/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Russia has lost around 1,502,390 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 Sept. 9.

The figure includes 1,520 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 12,339 tanks, 25,305 armored combat vehicles, 146,621 vehicles and fuel tanks, 49,452 artillery systems, 2,107 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,618 air defense systems, 441 aircraft, 356 helicopters, 2,550 unmanned ground systems, 508,205 aerial drones, 5,103 cruise missiles, 35 ships and boats, and two submarines.

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).

While Ukrainian officials rarely disclose the figure, President Volodymyr Zelensky told France TV on Feb. 4 that at least 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action since the beginning of the full-scale war, in addition to a lot more missing in action (MIAs).

The intensity of Russian drone attacks and the fighting has made it extremely difficult for Ukraine to retrieve the bodies of fallen soldiers, which are needed for DNA confirmation.

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