{
  "id": 2450132,
  "title": "Russia’s Total Losses in the War Surpass 1,474,030 Personnel, Ukraine’s General Staff Says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/russias-total-losses-in-the-war-surpass-1-474-030-personnel-ukraines",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T11:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "UATV English",
    "slug": "uatv-english",
    "url": "https://uatv.ua/en/russia-s-total-losses-in-the-war-surpass-1-474-030-personnel-ukraine-s-general-staff-says/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ukraine's General Staff announced that Russia's total personnel losses in the war have surpassed 1,474,030 since the start of the invasion. The Ukrainian Defense Forces killed 1,390 Russian troops in the past 24 hours, contributing to this figure. Additionally, Ukraine destroyed 551 Russian automotive vehicles and 1,980 operational-tactical UAVs in the same period, UATV English reported. As of August 21, 2026, Russia's battlefield losses since February 24, 2022, amount to approximately 1,474,030 personnel, with an increase of 1,390 compared to the previous day. The total losses in terms of tanks, armored combat vehicles, artillery systems, MLRS, air defense systems, ground robotic systems, operational-tactical UAVs, cruise missiles, vehicles, fuel tanks, and special equipment also saw increases of 3, 5, 57, 2, 4, 12, 39, 551, and 8, respectively. Ukraine's military intelligence has reported that Russia's battlefield losses continue to exceed the number of personnel it recruits through military contracts, with at least 40,000 personnel lost in July, with a significant portion reportedly killed or missing.",
  "summary": "Over the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s Defense Forces eliminated 1,390 Russian troops on the battlefield, bringing Russia’s total personnel losses since the beginning of the full-scale invasion to more than 1,474,030, according to Ukraine’s General Staff . Ukrainian forces also destroyed 551 units of Russian automotive equipment and 1,980 operational-tactical UAVs over the past day, UATV English…",
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  "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."
}