Key facts
- Ukraine's General Staff reported Russia has lost 1,472,640 troops since the full-scale invasion began.
- The reported figure includes 1,480 Russian casualties from the past day.
- Russia has also lost 12,283 tanks and 25,165 armored combat vehicles, according to the report.
- Ukraine has not disclosed its own troop losses, citing operational secrecy.
- Western think tanks estimate Ukraine's losses to be roughly 2:1 or 2.5:1 compared to Russia's.
Ukraine's General Staff announced on August 20 that Russia has sustained approximately 1,472,640 troops since the full-scale invasion commenced on February 24, 2022. This figure includes 1,480 Russian casualties reported over the preceding 24-hour period. The report also detailed substantial equipment losses for Russia, including 12,283 tanks, 25,165 armored combat vehicles, 48,261 artillery systems, and 439 aircraft. Ukraine has maintained operational secrecy regarding its own losses during the conflict. Independent Western analyses, such as those from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), suggest that Russian casualties are considerably higher than Ukraine's, with estimated ratios ranging from 2:1 to 2.5:1. A CSIS report from January 2026 projected that Ukraine likely experienced between 500,000 and 600,000 casualties from February 2022 to December 2025, with an estimated 100,000 to 140,000 killed in action. Ukrainian officials infrequently release casualty figures, but President Volodymyr Zelensky stated in an interview on February 4 that at least 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed in action, with a significant number also missing in action. The ongoing intensity of combat and drone warfare has complicated Ukraine's efforts to recover and confirm the identities of fallen soldiers.