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Ukraine says Russian forces have suffered 1.55 million casualties since 2022
Ukraine’s General Staff says Russian forces have suffered 1,552,840 casualties since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb.
24, 2022.
The figure includes 1,930 casualties over the past day.
The General Staff also lists losses of Russian equipment, including tanks, aircraft, ships and submarines.
Ukraine has not disclosed its own total military losses, citing operational secrecy.
Independent Western think tanks estimate Russian casualties are higher than Ukraine’s, though figures vary.
A January 2026 estimate put Ukrainian casualties between 500,000 and 600,000 from February 2022 to December 2025.
Ukraine’s president said at least 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed in action, while some others are missing.
Fighting and drone attacks make it difficult to retrieve fallen soldiers’ bodies for DNA identification.
Ukraine's General Staff said Russia has suffered 1,552,840 troop losses since the full-scale invasion began on Feb. 24, 2022.
The figure includes 1,930 casualties over the past day, according to the report published Oct. 11.
Ukraine's General Staff has not disclosed Ukraine's own losses, citing operational secrecy.
A January 2026 report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimated Ukraine had suffered 500,000 to 600,000 casualties through December 2025.
- Who
- Russia's forces, according to Ukraine's General Staff.
- What
- Ukraine reported 1,552,840 Russian troop losses since the full-scale invasion began.
- When
- The report was issued Oct. 11; it covers losses since Feb. 24, 2022.
- Where
- In Ukraine.
- Why
- The reported losses occurred during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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roughly 2.5:1 or 2:1
Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
A CSIS report estimated Ukraine's casualties from February 2022 to December 2025.
Ukraine's General Staff reported Russia's cumulative troop losses and said 1,930 casualties occurred over the past day.
- Russian troop losses
- 1,552,840
- Casualties over the past day
- 1,930
- Invasion began
- Feb. 24, 2022
- Russian tanks reported lost
- 12,408
- Ukrainian casualties estimated by CSIS
- 500,000 to 600,000 by December 2025
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