0 out of 25,000

Quality journalism takes work — and a community that cares.
Help us reach 25,000 members by the end of 2025.

News Feed

General Staff: Russia has lost 582,910 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

1 min read
General Staff: Russia has lost 582,910 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Two soldiers are seen walking on the front line as a Russian missile hits a target in the background, in eastern Ukraine, on May 25. (Getty Images)

Russia has lost 582,910 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Aug. 4.

This number includes 1,150 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 8,411 tanks, 16,255 armored fighting vehicles, 22,006 vehicles and fuel tanks, 16,276 artillery systems, 1,138 multiple launch rocket systems, 911 air defense systems, 363 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 13,103 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

Ukraine’s military says it sunk Russian Black Sea Fleet submarine, damaged S-400 missile system in ‘successful hit’
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

Pokrovsk, a city that held back some of Russia’s fiercest assaults for over a year, is now on the verge of falling. The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell explains how the battle reached this point and what Pokrovsk’s fall could mean for the wider defense of Donetsk Oblast.

"We do not accept this obviously unlawful solution contrary to European values," Orban said on a weekly radio show. "We are turning to the European Court of Justice."

Show More