{
  "id": 7727557,
  "title": "General Staff: Russia has lost 1,511,530 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/general-staff-russia-has-lost-1-511-530-troops-in-ukraine-since-feb",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T06:28:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Independent",
    "slug": "kyiv-independent",
    "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/general-staff-russia-has-lost-1-511-530-troops-in-ukraine-since-feb-24-2022/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has reported that Russia has suffered approximately 1,511,530 casualties in Ukraine since the start of its full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022. This figure includes the 1,530 Russian casualties reported in the past day. In addition to human losses, Russia has reportedly lost a significant number of military hardware, including tanks, armored vehicles, vehicles and fuel tanks, artillery systems, multiple launch rocket systems, air defense systems, aircraft, helicopters, unmanned ground systems, drones, ships and boats, and submarines. Ukraine has not disclosed its own losses during the conflict due to operational secrecy. Independent Western analyses, such as the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), estimate that Russia's casualties significantly outnumber Ukraine's, with a ratio of roughly 2.5:1 or 2:1. Ukrainian officials rarely provide casualty figures, but President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that at least 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action since the war began, along with an unknown number of missing in action (MIAs). The ongoing intensity of Russian drone attacks and fighting has made it challenging for Ukraine to recover and confirm the identities of fallen soldiers.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
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        "published": "2026-09-16T04:18:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/russia-touts-candidates-who-fought-in-ukraine-for-its-wartime",
        "published": "2026-09-16T04:19:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Interfax-Ukraine",
        "title": "Russia attempts to attack Ukraine's presidential plane twice in recent weeks – Zelenskyy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/russia-attempts-to-attack-ukraines-presidential-plane-twice-in-recent",
        "published": "2026-09-16T07:28:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Grist",
        "title": "As Russia attacks Ukraine’s grid, solar offers a path to resilience",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/as-russia-attacks-ukraines-grid-solar-offers-a-path-to-resilience",
        "published": "2026-09-16T08:30:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}