{
  "id": 843226,
  "title": "General Staff: Russia has lost 1,464,440troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/general-staff-russia-has-lost-1-464-440troops-in-ukraine-since-feb-24",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T06:12:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Independent",
    "slug": "kyiv-independent",
    "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/general-staff-russia-has-lost-1-464-440troops-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 1,464,440 casualties in Ukraine since the start of its full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022. This figure encompasses 1,470 Russian soldiers killed in the past day alone. Moreover, Russia has experienced significant losses in military hardware, with 12,264 tanks, 25,141 armored combat vehicles, 133,853 vehicles and fuel tanks, 47,870 artillery systems, 2,024 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,562 air defense systems, 439 aircraft, 354 helicopters, 459,649 unmanned aerial vehicles, 2,229 unmanned ground systems, 34 ships and boats, and two submarines lost. While Ukraine has not disclosed its own casualties, independent Western think-tanks estimate that Ukraine has likely suffered between 500,000 and 600,000 casualties, with 100,000 to 140,000 killed in action.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
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        "published": "2026-08-13T19:57:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/russo-ukrainian-war-day-1632-ukraine-strikes-russias-fleet-refineries",
        "published": "2026-08-13T20:52:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Conversation AU",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/russia-is-cutting-off-ukraines-grain-exports-again-threatening-a",
        "published": "2026-08-14T02:28:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}