General Staff: Russia has lost 1,550,910 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

Ukraine’s General Staff reported on Oct. 10 that Russia has lost 1,550,910 troops since the start of the full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022. The total includes 1,420 casualties suffered by Russian forces over the previous day. The same report listed heavy losses in equipment: 12,406 tanks, 25,515 armored combat vehicles, 160,946 vehicles and fuel tanks, and 51,000 artillery systems. It also cited 35 ships and boats, two submarines, and 443 aircraft plus 356 helicopters. Ukraine’s General Staff did not disclose its own casualties, citing operational secrecy. Western think-tanks generally assess Russian casualties as significantly higher than Ukraine’s, with CSIS estimating a roughly 2.5:1 or 2:1 ratio.