# General Staff: Russia has lost 1,469,970 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

https://mins.news/en/item/24819

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-18 07:04 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/general-staff-russia-has-lost-1-469-970-troops-in-ukraine-since-feb-24-2022/

> Ukraine’s General Staff says Russian forces have suffered about 1,469,970 troop casualties in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began on Feb. 24, 2022, including 1,210 over the past day. It also reported extensive Russian equipment losses. Ukraine has not disclosed its own casualties, citing operational secrecy, while Western estimates put Russian losses substantially higher than Ukraine’s.

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