Key facts
- Ukraine's General Staff reported 1,559,230 Russian troop losses as of October 15, 2026.
- The reported daily Russian casualties were 1,880.
- Ukraine has not disclosed its own military losses.
- CSIS estimated Ukraine's casualties at 500,000-600,000 between February 2022 and December 2025.
Russia has lost 1,559,230 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on October 15. The number includes 1,880 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day. The General Staff also reported significant losses in equipment, including 12,414 tanks and 25,537 armored combat vehicles. Ukraine's General Staff has not revealed its own losses during the full-scale invasion, citing operational secrecy. Independent Western think-tank reports agree that the Russian casualties significantly surpass Ukraine's losses, with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) estimating the ratio to be "roughly 2.5:1 or 2:1." A January 2026 CSIS report said Ukraine has likely suffered between 500,000 and 600,000 casualties from February 2022 to December 2025, of which between 100,000 and 140,000 are thought to be killed in action. Ukrainian officials rarely disclose the figure, but President Volodymyr Zelensky told France TV on February 4 that at least 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action since the beginning of the full-scale war.