General Staff: Russia has lost 1,528,970 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia has lost about 1,528,970 troops since the full-scale invasion began on Feb. 24, 2022, with the count reported Sept. 27. The total includes 1,690 casualties Russia suffered over the previous day. The report also lists heavy equipment losses attributed to Russian forces: 12,384 tanks, 25,442 armored combat vehicles, 154,245 vehicles and fuel tanks, 50,428 artillery systems, 2,163 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,677 air defense systems, 443 aircraft, 356 helicopters, 2,762 unmanned ground vehicles, 35 ships and boats, and two submarines. The General Staff did not disclose Ukraine’s own losses, citing operational secrecy. Independent Western think tanks, including CSIS, estimate Russian casualties exceed Ukraine’s, roughly at a 2.5:1 or 2:1 ratio. A CSIS January 2026 report put Ukraine’s casualties between 500,000 and 600,000 from Feb. 2022 to Dec. 2025, including 100,000 to 140,000 killed in action. Zelensky told France TV on Feb. 4 that at least 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in action since the full-scale war began, noting additional missing personnel.