Russia surpasses 1.5 million casualties, eclipsing all post-WWII Kremlin losses
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Six tanks were lost over the past day alone (Photo: AFU 72nd Brigade press office / Reuters)
Russian military casualties since the launch of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine have exceeded 1.5 million killed and wounded, AFU General Staff reported on Sept. 9.
Russian forces suffered an estimated 1,480 casualties over the past 24 hours, bringing cumulative battlefield losses to roughly 1,500,870 personnel killed and wounded since Feb. 24, 2022.
This represents Russia's largest loss of personnel in a single conflict since World War II. The figure eclipses the combined losses of the Soviet and Russian militaries across all wars and armed conflicts of the late 20th and early 21st centuries combined, General Staff noted.
Specifically, 1.5 million casualties is 100 times greater than the Soviet Union's total losses across its decade-long war in Afghanistan, and 125 times higher than Russia's officially acknowledged casualties in the First and Second Chechen Wars.
Total Russian equipment losses include:
Tanks: 12,338 (+6 over the past day)
Armored fighting vehicles: 25,290 (+5)
Artillery systems: 49,383 (+42)
Multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS): 2,105 (+1)
Air defense systems: 1,613 (+1)
Aircraft: 441 (+0)
Helicopters: 355 (+0)
Ground robotic platforms: 2,534 (+13)
Operational-tactical level UAVs: 506,188 (+1,879)
Cruise missiles: 5,103 (+33)
Warships / cutters: 35 (+0)
Submarines: 2 (+0)
Motor vehicles and fuel tankers: 146,008 (+530)
Special equipment units: 4,650 (+3)
On Aug. 12, Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reported that in July alone, Ukrainian forces killed or wounded 42,860 Russian combatants — the highest single-month casualty figure since Jan. 2025. Ukrainian forces also destroyed a record volume of Russian logistical and military vehicles during that period.
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