General Staff: Russia has lost 1,343,050 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

Prefer on Google by The Kyiv Independent news desk Ukrainian soldiers of the 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade carry a Heavy Shot UAV across a field on May 8, 2026, in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Heavy Shot is one of the largest quadcopters used by the Ukrainian military. Operating the bomber drone, which carries a payload of more than 30 kg, is difficult even in calm weather. (Yevhen Titov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) Russia has lost around 1,343,050 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 May 12. The number includes 1,020 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day. According to the report , Russia has also lost 11,926 tanks, 24,553 armored combat vehicles, 95,855 vehicles and fuel tanks, 41,935 artillery systems, 1,785 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,373 air defense systems, 435 aircraft, 352 helicopters, 285,506 drones, 33 ships and boats, and two submarines. The casualties were recorded despite a U.S.-backed truce declared between May 9 and 11, indicating the ceasefire did not hold at the front. Ukrainian authorities reported drone attacks against civilian areas overnight on May 10. 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 and 140,000 are thought to be killed in action (KIA).