Key facts
- The General Staff said the 1,609,380 total includes 2,980 Russian casualties over the past day.
- The General Staff listed 12,462 tanks, 25,683 armored combat vehicles and 52,112 artillery systems as destroyed.
- It counted 172,488 vehicles and fuel tanks, 2,263 multiple-launch rocket systems and 1,753 air defense systems.
- Air losses were given as 452 aircraft and 356 helicopters; naval losses as 35 ships and boats and two submarines.
- Ukraine's General Staff has not disclosed Ukraine's own losses, citing operational secrecy.
- A January 2026 CSIS report estimated 500,000 to 600,000 Ukrainian casualties from February 2022 to December 2025.
Ukraine's General Staff reported on November 9 that Russia has lost 1,609,380 troops in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began on February 24, 2022. The figure includes 2,980 casualties that the General Staff said Russian forces suffered over the past day.
The same report listed Russian equipment losses: 12,462 tanks, 25,683 armored combat vehicles, 172,488 vehicles and fuel tanks, 52,112 artillery systems, 2,263 multiple-launch rocket systems, 1,753 air defense systems, 452 aircraft, 356 helicopters, 3,109 unmanned ground vehicles, 35 ships and boats, and two submarines.
On October 29, the General Staff reported that October 2026 was the deadliest month for Russian combat losses since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion.
Ukraine's General Staff has not revealed its own losses during the full-scale invasion, citing operational secrecy. The Center for Strategic and International Studies said in a January 2026 report that 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. CSIS estimates the Russian-to-Ukrainian casualty ratio at roughly 2.5:1 or 2:1.
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, in addition to significant numbers who are missing in action. The intensity of Russian drone attacks and the fighting has made it extremely difficult for Ukraine to retrieve the bodies of fallen soldiers, which are needed for DNA confirmation.