Ukraine Reports 950 Russian Losses in Past Day as Cumulative Toll Nears 1.275 Million
Kyiv's update highlights starkly different casualty accounting across the war.
Overview
- Ukraine's General Staff said total Russian personnel losses since February 2022 reached 1,274,990, with 950 reported in the past 24 hours.
- The update listed 11,758 Russian tanks in total with 13 added in the last day, along with 38,202 artillery systems, 168,809 tactical UAVs, and 82,510 vehicles and fuel trucks.
- Russia has not provided updated official casualty figures since September 2022, when it cited 5,937 killed.
- Independent tallies by Mediazona, BBC Russian Service, and volunteers have identified over 200,000 named Russian fatalities, and a NATO official estimated up to 1.15 million killed and wounded as of December 2025.
- Ukrainian leaders have offered periodic figures, with President Volodymyr Zelensky citing about 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed and Commander‑in‑Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi reporting a 13% reduction in Ukrainian losses in 2025.