Help us keep bringing the truth to light, even when Russia turns the lights out.

Shop and support
War

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,508,600 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

• 2 min read
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,508,600 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
TOPSHOT - Ukrainian servicemen of the 43 Artillery Brigade fire a 2S7 Pion self-propelled cannon towards Russian positions at a front line in the Donetsk region on September 27, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Russia has lost around 1,508,600 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. 14.

The figure includes 1,700 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 12,345 tanks, 25,331 armored combat vehicles, 148,807 vehicles and fuel tanks, 49,752 artillery systems, 2,127 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,637 air defense systems, 442 aircraft, 356 helicopters, 2,615 unmanned ground systems, 516,441 aerial drones, 5,111 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.

Avatar
The Kyiv Independent news desk

We are the news team of the Kyiv Independent. We are here to make sure our readers get quick, essential updates about the events in Ukraine. Feel free to contact us via email with feedback and news alerts.

Read more
News Feed
Video

In May 2026, Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps launched a secret counteroffensive now known as Operation Vivaldi, aiming to strengthen Ukraine’s defensive positions in the Lyman and Sviatohirsk sectors and disrupt Russia’s plans to encircle Ukraine’s key strongholds – the cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.

"Russia is building the military-industrial capacity to continue waging wars even after the war in Ukraine ends. These are not the actions of a country preparing for lasting peace," Oleksandr Danylyuk, chairman of the Center for Defense Reforms and former chief adviser to Ukraine’s defense minister, told the Kyiv Independent.

 (Updated:  )

For almost two years, student-led demonstrations in Serbia rallied against Vucic's right-wing incumbent Serbian Progressive Party. Protesting against alleged corruption in the government, the movement was triggered when a train station canopy in the city of Novi Sad collapsed in 2024, killing 16 people.

Show More