{
  "id": 11627426,
  "title": "General Staff: Russia has lost 1,538,950 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/general-staff-russia-has-lost-1-538-950-troops-in-ukraine-since-feb",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T06:59:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Independent",
    "slug": "kyiv-independent",
    "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/general-staff-russia-has-lost-1-538-950-troops-in-ukraine-since-feb-24-2022-2/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia has suffered approximately 1,538,950 casualties in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began on February 24, 2022. This figure includes 1,560 Russian casualties from the previous day, and the total also accounts for significant losses in key military assets such as tanks, armored vehicles, artillery systems, and aircraft. While Ukraine has not disclosed its own casualties, Western estimates suggest Russia's losses are substantially higher, with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) putting the ratio at around 2.5:1 or 2:1. Ukrainian officials have not provided a precise count of their own losses, citing operational secrecy, but estimates range from 500,000 to 600,000, with at least 55,000 killed in action according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Interfax-Ukraine",
        "title": "Ukraine ready to evacuate from occupied Oleshky, Russia blocks humanitarian corridors – Lubinets",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/ukraine-ready-to-evacuate-from-occupied-oleshky-russia-blocks",
        "published": "2026-10-03T08:01:38.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}