Russia's losses in Ukraine as of April 9: +1,040 troops and 2,238 drones
Ukrainian forces (photo: Getty Images)
Ukrainian forces continue to repel Russian advances, inflicting heavy personnel and equipment losses. Over the past 24 hours alone, Russia has lost around 1,040 troops, according to Ukraine's General Staff.
The total Russian combat losses from February 24, 2022, to April 9, 2026, are estimated to be:
- Personnel — approximately 1,307,540 (+1,040);
- Tanks — 11,847 (+1);
- Armored combat vehicles — 24,370 (+2);
- Artillery systems — 39,689 (+64);
- Multiple-launch rocket systems — 1,724 (+1);
- Air defense systems — 1,341;
- Aircraft — 435;
- Helicopters — 350;
- Operational-tactical UAVs — 227,539 (+2,238);
- Cruise missiles — 4,517;
- Ships/boats — 33;
- Submarines — 2;
- Automotive equipment and fuel tanks — 88,332 (+229);
- Special equipment — 4,119 (+2).
(Photo: facebook.com/Ukraine's General Staff)
Frontline situation
Russia is considering plans to expand buffer zones along Ukraine's borders, including a new potential direction from Transnistria toward the Vinnytsia region, according to Deputy Head of the Presidential Office, Brigadier General Pavlo Palisa. Its primary focus remains on Donbas, with possible intensified efforts in southern areas like Zaporizhzhia and long-term ambitions extending to Mykolaiv and Odesa. However, Palisa stressed that Russia currently lacks the capacity to carry out all these plans, urging against panic.
Ukrainian military intelligence used drones to destroy the Slavyanin ferry in the Kerch Strait during the night of April 5–6. The vessel, Russia's last railway ferry in the area, was a key logistics link supplying fuel, weapons, and equipment to occupied Crimea.
Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck a Russian maritime oil terminal in Feodosia and multiple logistics targets, according to commander Robert Brovdi. Ukrainian units also hit advanced Russian air defense systems, including Buk-M3 and Tor-M2, as well as a rare Zoopark-1M radar in occupied territories. Additional strikes targeted military vehicles, warehouses, and logistics hubs in the Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions.
