Ukraine General Staff: Russia Has Lost 1,342,030 Personnel Since Feb. 24, 2022

Ukraine's General Staff reported on May 11, 2026 that Russia has lost approximately 1,342,030 military personnel (killed, wounded, captured) since the start of the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022. This represents an increase of roughly 340 per day averaged over the preceding period, and exceeds Russia's demonstrated monthly recruitment capacity of approximately 25,000–30,000 soldiers. The figure encompasses all categories of combat losses tracked by Ukrainian military intelligence. Independent verification remains difficult — Russia does not publish casualty statistics, and BBC Russia/Mediazona's joint open-source investigation verified approximately 47,000+ confirmed Russian military deaths through public records by mid-2024, a figure widely considered a significant undercount. The Ukrainian General Staff's numbers are considered by Western analysts to be on the high end but directionally accurate. Day 1,537 of the full-scale invasion.