General Staff: Russia has lost 1,525,570 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces has disclosed that the country has suffered devastating casualties in its ongoing conflict with Russia since February 24, 2022. According to the report released on September 25, Russia has lost an estimated 1,525,570 soldiers during this period. This figure encompasses 1,590 Russian casualties from the past day alone.

The report also highlights the extensive military equipment Russia has lost, including tanks, armored vehicles, vehicles and fuel tanks, artillery systems, rocket systems, air defense systems, aircraft, helicopters, unmanned ground vehicles, naval vessels, and submarines. Ukraine has refrained from sharing its own loss figures, citing operational secrecy.

Independent Western analyses, such as those from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), corroborate the significant Russian casualties, estimating the ratio at around 2.5:1 or 2:1. CSIS's January 2026 report suggests that Ukraine may have incurred between 500,000 and 600,000 casualties from February 2022 to December 2025, of which 100,000 to 140,000 are believed to have been killed in action.

Despite the intense Russian drone attacks and ongoing fighting, Ukraine faces challenges in retrieving the bodies of fallen soldiers for DNA confirmation.