General Staff: Russia has lost 1,516,430 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 1,520 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia has suffered approximately 1,516,430 casualties in Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022. This figure includes the 1,520 casualties that Russian forces have incurred in the past day, and it also accounts for a significant loss of military equipment, with Russia losing around 12,352 tanks, 25,357 armored combat vehicles, 150,922 vehicles and fuel tanks, 50,011 artillery systems, 2,143 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,657 air defense systems, 442 aircraft, 356 helicopters, 2,672 unmanned ground vehicles, 35 ships and boats, and two submarines.
While Ukraine has not disclosed its own casualties due to operational secrecy, Western think-tank reports suggest that Russia's losses significantly outweigh Ukraine's, with estimates ranging from 500,000 to 600,000 Ukrainian casualties, with a potential death toll between 100,000 and 140,000.
Brief written by urgent.news from Kyiv Independent's own syndicated text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
This story
This is one outlet's version. Read the fullest account.
- Trump signs into law sweeping Russia sanctions package aiming to choke off revenues funding the war in Ukraine euronews.com
- Russia has been attacking Ukraine's European allies for about five years, Trump says ukrinform.net
- Russia holds parliamentary vote in areas it seized from Ukraine in the war npr.org
- Russia holds parliamentary vote in areas it seized from Ukraine in the war winnipegfreepress.com