{
  "id": 11376458,
  "title": "General Staff: Russia has lost 1,537,390 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/general-staff-russia-has-lost-1-537-390-troops-in-ukraine-since-feb",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T06:37:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Independent",
    "slug": "kyiv-independent",
    "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/general-staff-russia-has-lost-1-537-390-troops-in-ukraine-since-feb-24-2022/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces has reported that Russia has suffered approximately 1,537,390 casualties since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. This figure encompasses 1,520 Russian fatalities from the previous day alone and includes a staggering number of military assets lost, such as tanks, armored vehicles, aircraft, and artillery systems. Ukraine has not disclosed its own losses due to operational secrecy, but Western think-tanks estimate that Russia's casualties far outnumber Ukraine's, with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) suggesting a ratio of around 2.5:1 or 2:1. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that at least 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action since the invasion began, though the exact number remains undisclosed.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
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        "published": "2026-10-02T08:03:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/spain-belgium-and-poland-are-sending-ukraine-f-16-cannon-rounds-to",
        "published": "2026-10-02T08:38:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}