Ukraine’s military said on Thursday, June 12th, that Russia has lost more than one million troops since the start of its full-scale invasion in February 2022. Kyiv described the number as “a symbol of resistance and resilience.”
“The overall losses of the Russian occupying forces in manpower since the beginning of the full-scale invasion have reached 1 million,” the General Staff said in a statement. This number includes soldiers who have been killed, wounded, or are otherwise unable to fight.
In addition to the number of personnel losses, the Ukrainian military also shared updated figures on Russian equipment destroyed. These include 10,933 tanks, 22,786 armored vehicles, 51,579 other vehicles and fuel trucks, 29,063 artillery systems, 1,413 rocket launchers, 1,184 air defense systems, 416 planes, 337 helicopters, 40,435 drones, 3,337 cruise missiles, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
Neither Ukraine nor Russia regularly release official casualty statistics. However, in February, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that more than 46,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed, nearly 380,000 injured, and “tens of thousands” were missing or being held as prisoners by Russia.
Ukraine ended its statement on Thursday by thanking its soldiers: “Every eliminated occupier is another step toward a just peace. Today, we’ve taken more than a million such steps.”
