{
  "id": 20138964,
  "title": "General Staff: Russia has lost 1,622,860 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/general-staff-russia-has-lost-1-622-860-troops-in-ukraine-since-feb",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T07:52:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Independent",
    "slug": "kyiv-independent",
    "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/general-staff-russia-has-lost-1-622-860-troops-in-ukraine-since-feb-24-2022/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia has suffered a staggering 1,622,860 troop losses in Ukraine since the invasion began on February 24, 2022. This figure includes 2,230 Russian casualties from the previous day alone. The losses extend beyond personnel, with Russia losing 12,478 tanks, 25,785 armored combat vehicles, and a significant number of vehicles, fuel tanks, artillery systems, and air defense systems. Ukrainian officials have not disclosed their own casualties, citing operational secrecy, but independent Western estimates suggest Russia's losses vastly outnumber Ukraine's.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}