General Staff: Russia has lost 1,616,330 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia has suffered 1,616,330 troop casualties since its full-scale invasion began in February 2022, including 2,150 over the past day. The reported scale of losses highlights the war’s sustained human and military costs, though casualty figures from the two sides are not directly comparable.

The General Staff also reported losses of 12,471 tanks, 25,720 armoured vehicles and 452 aircraft, among other equipment. It said October 2026 was the deadliest month for Russian combat losses since the invasion began. Ukraine has not published its own full casualty count; a CSIS estimate put Ukrainian casualties at 500,000 to 600,000 through December 2025, while President Volodymyr Zelensky has said at least 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in action.