Key facts
- Ukraine's General Staff reported Russia has lost approximately 1,438,990 troops since Feb. 24, 2022.
- The latest figures include 1,440 Russian casualties over the past day.
- Russia has also lost significant military equipment, including tanks, armored vehicles, and drones.
- Ukraine has not disclosed its own casualty figures, citing operational secrecy.
- Western think tanks estimate Russian casualties to be roughly two to 2.5 times higher than Ukraine's.
Russia has lost around 1,438,990 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 26. The number includes 1,440 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 12,217 tanks, 25,019 armored combat vehicles, 125,811 vehicles and fuel tanks, 46,794 artillery systems, 1,968 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,518 air defense systems, 439 aircraft, 354 helicopters, 428,286 operational-tactical drones, 2,031 ground robotic systems, 4,944 cruise missiles, 34 ships and boats, two submarines, and 4,465 pieces of special equipment.
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).