Key facts
- The General Staff said the 1,601,830 total includes 2,440 Russian casualties suffered over the past day.
- The General Staff reported Russian losses of 12,456 tanks and 51,956 artillery systems since February 2022.
- The General Staff said on Oct. 29 that October 2026 was the deadliest month for Russian combat losses since the invasion.
- CSIS estimated Ukraine had likely suffered 500,000 to 600,000 casualties from February 2022 to December 2025.
- Zelensky told France TV on Feb. 4 that at least 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Nov. 6 that Russia had lost 1,601,830 troops in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began on Feb. 24, 2022. The figure includes 2,440 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day, according to the report.
The same report listed Russian equipment losses: 12,456 tanks, 25,651 armored combat vehicles, 170,929 vehicles and fuel tanks, 51,956 artillery systems, 2,254 multiple-launch rocket systems, 1,744 air defense systems, 452 aircraft, 356 helicopters, 3,085 unmanned ground vehicles, 35 ships and boats, and two submarines.
On Oct. 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 war, citing operational secrecy.
Independent Western think-tank reports agree that Russian casualties significantly surpass Ukraine's losses. The Center for Strategic and International Studies estimated the ratio at roughly 2.5:1 or 2:1. A January 2026 CSIS report said Ukraine had 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 have been killed in action.
President Volodymyr Zelensky told France TV on Feb. 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.