Key facts
- Ukraine's General Staff claims Russia has lost 1,485,200 troops since Feb. 24, 2022.
- The daily reported Russian casualties were 1,420.
- Significant equipment losses for Russia include 12,310 tanks and 25,241 armored vehicles.
- Ukraine has not released its own casualty figures due to operational secrecy.
- Western estimates suggest Russian losses are 2 to 2.5 times higher than Ukraine's.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on August 29 that Russia has lost approximately 1,485,200 troops since the full-scale invasion began on February 24, 2022. This figure includes 1,420 casualties sustained by Russian forces in the preceding 24 hours.
In addition to personnel losses, the report detailed significant equipment attrition for Russia, including 12,310 tanks, 25,241 armored combat vehicles, 141,059 vehicles and fuel tanks, 48,774 artillery systems, 2,070 multiple launch rocket systems, and 1,593 air defense systems. Russia has also lost 440 aircraft, 354 helicopters, 2,429 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 think tanks suggest Russian losses substantially exceed those of Ukraine. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) estimated the ratio of Russian to Ukrainian casualties to be "roughly 2.5:1 or 2:1." A January 2026 CSIS report projected that Ukraine likely suffered between 500,000 and 600,000 casualties from February 2022 to December 2025, with 100,000 to 140,000 killed in action.
While Ukrainian officials rarely disclose casualty numbers, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated in an interview with France TV on February 4 that at least 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed in action since the war's outset, with a considerably higher number missing in action. The difficulty in retrieving bodies for DNA confirmation due to intense drone warfare and fighting complicates the precise accounting of Ukrainian losses.