Ukraine's General Staff: Russia Lost 1,990 Troops in the Past Day
Ukraine's Armed Forces General Staff said on 26 October that Russia has lost about 1,580,440 personnel since the start of its full-scale invasion. Over the past day, the losses were put at 1,990 troops and 18 artillery systems.
The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces published its latest figures on 26 October 2026 on Russian losses in the war that began with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to this Ukrainian military command, Russian personnel losses since the invasion began have reached about 1,580,440. In the past day alone, the total rose by 1,990.
The figures are compiled by the Ukrainian side, and the General Staff notes that the data are still being verified.
Equipment losses
The General Staff also gave cumulative totals for Russian military equipment, along with the change over the past day:
- tanks: 12,448 (+1);
- armoured combat vehicles: 25,609 (+4);
- artillery systems: 51,632 (+18);
- multiple rocket launcher systems: 2,239 (+2);
- air defence systems: 1,726 (+1);
- ground robotic systems: 3,018 (+1);
- operational-tactical level drones: 582,458 (+1,656);
- vehicles and fuel tankers: 167,240 (+322);
- special equipment: 4,858 (+2).
The largest daily increase among equipment categories was for drones, followed by vehicles and fuel tankers, and then artillery systems. Ukraine's military publishes such a summary regularly, covering losses since the start of the full-scale invasion, and stresses that the figures may change.
