Key facts
- Ukraine's General Staff claims Russia has lost 1,491,030 troops since the invasion began.
- The reported daily casualties for Russia were 1,390.
- Significant equipment losses for Russia include 12,324 tanks and 25,263 armored vehicles.
- Ukraine has not released its own casualty figures due to operational secrecy.
- Western estimates suggest Ukraine's losses are 2 to 2.5 times lower than Russia's.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on September 1 that Russia has sustained approximately 1,491,030 troops since the commencement of its full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022. This figure includes 1,390 casualties reported for the preceding day.
In addition to personnel losses, the report detailed significant equipment attrition for Russian forces, including 12,324 tanks, 25,263 armored combat vehicles, 142,715 vehicles and fuel tanks, 49,016 artillery systems, 2,081 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,598 air defense systems, 440 aircraft, 354 helicopters, 2,464 unmanned ground systems, 35 ships and boats, and two submarines.
Ukraine's General Staff has withheld its own casualty figures, citing operational secrecy. However, independent Western analysis suggests Russian losses are substantially higher than Ukraine's. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has estimated the casualty ratio to be approximately 2.5:1 or 2:1 in favor of Ukraine. A January 2026 CSIS report projected that Ukraine likely suffered between 500,000 and 600,000 casualties between February 2022 and December 2025, with 100,000 to 140,000 of those being killed in action.
While official figures from Ukraine are rare, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated in February that at least 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed in action since the war's outset, with a considerably higher number listed as missing in action. The difficulty in retrieving bodies for DNA confirmation due to intense fighting and drone activity has complicated the process of accounting for fallen soldiers.