General Staff: Russia has lost 1,532,500 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 1,440 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Ukraine's General Staff has disclosed that Russian forces have suffered around 1,532,500 casualties in Ukraine since the country's full-scale invasion began on February 24, 2022. The latest daily count from September 29 included 1,440 Russian casualties. In addition to personnel losses, Russia has sustained significant material damage, losing over 12,000 tanks, 25,000 armored combat vehicles, 155,000 vehicles and fuel tanks, and numerous artillery systems, launch systems, air defense platforms, aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial and ground vehicles, ships, and submarines.
Ukraine has not disclosed its own losses, citing operational security. Independent Western analyses, including a January 2026 report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, estimate the Russian casualty ratio to be approximately 2.5 to 1, or 2 to 1, compared to Ukraine's losses. Ukraine's estimated total casualties from February 2022 to December 2025 range from 500,000 to 600,000, with between 100,000 and 140,000 believed to be killed in action.
President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed earlier this month that at least 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers have perished in the conflict, while many others remain missing. The ongoing intensity of Russian drone attacks and ground fighting has severely hampered Ukraine's ability to recover and identify the bodies of its fallen soldiers, a crucial step for DNA confirmation.
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