# General Staff: Russia has lost 1,609,380 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/general-staff-russia-has-lost-1609380-troops-in-ukraine-since-feb-24-2022/
- Published: 2026-11-09T06:54:42+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T07:28:35+00:00
- Original publisher: Kyiv Independent
- Original article: https://kyivindependent.com/general-staff-russia-has-lost-1-609-380-troops-in-ukraine-since-feb-24-2022/
- Topics: Europe, Russia-Ukraine War, World

## Key points

- Ukraine reports 1,609,380 Russian troop casualties since February 2022.
- The latest daily estimate is 2,980 casualties.
- CSIS estimates Russian casualties are about two to two-and-a-half times Ukraine’s.

## Summary

Ukraine’s General Staff says Russian forces have suffered 1,609,380 troop casualties since Russia began its full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022. The reported total highlights the scale of Russia’s losses, though Ukraine has not published a comparable overall figure for its own forces.

The latest Ukrainian estimate includes 2,980 Russian casualties over the past day. It also lists losses of 12,462 tanks, 25,683 armoured combat vehicles, 52,112 artillery systems, 452 aircraft and other equipment. A January 2026 CSIS report estimated Ukrainian casualties at 500,000 to 600,000 through December 2025 and put Russian casualties at roughly two to two-and-a-half times Ukraine’s; Ukraine’s president has separately said at least 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in action.

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