General Staff: Russia has lost 1,300,030 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
April 2, 2026
The Kyiv Independent
Russia has lost around 1,300,030 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 April 2, with the number including 1,300 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day; according to the report, Russia has also lost 11,830 tanks, 24,334 armored combat vehicles, 86,773 vehicles and fuel tanks, 39,228 artillery systems, 1,713 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,338 air defense systems, 435 aircraft, 350 helicopters, 213,393 drones, 33 ships and boats, and two submarines, while Ukraine's General Staff does not reveal its own losses during the full-scale invasion, citing operational secrecy, and although Ukrainian officials rarely disclose figures, 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 many more classified as missing in action (MIA), noting that the intensity of Russian drones and fighting has made it difficult for Ukraine to retrieve the bodies of fallen soldiers needed for DNA confirmation, while independent Western think-tank reports agree that 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, and a January 2026 CSIS report stating 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 (KIA).
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