Key facts
- Ukraine's General Staff reported Russia has lost 1,442,140 troops since the invasion began.
- The reported daily losses for Russian forces were 1,560 casualties.
- Russia's reported equipment losses include 12,221 tanks and 25,038 armored combat vehicles.
- Ukraine has not disclosed its own casualty figures, citing operational secrecy.
- Independent Western think tanks estimate Russian casualties significantly outweigh Ukrainian losses, with a ratio of 2.5:1 or 2:1.
Russia has lost around 1,442,140 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on July 28. The number includes 1,560 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day. According to the report, Russia has also lost 12,221 tanks, 25,038 armored combat vehicles, 126,3850 vehicles and fuel tanks, 46,902 artillery systems, 1,970 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,519 air defense systems, 439 aircraft, 354 helicopters, 2,054 unmanned ground vehicles, 34 ships and boats, and two submarines. 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 to 140,000 are thought to be killed in action (KIA).