Russia's losses in Ukraine as of February 9: +1,250 troops and 413 drones
Photo: Ukrainian army (RBC-Ukraine, Vitalii Nosach)
Russia’s battlefield losses continue to mount as heavy fighting persists along the front. According to Ukraine's General Staff, Russia lost 1,250 troops in the past 24 hours alone.
The total combat Russian losses from February 24, 2022, to February 9, 2026, are estimated to be:
- Personnel — approximately 1,247,580 (+1,250);
- Tanks — 11,654 (+3);
- Armored combat vehicles — 24,013 (+3);
- Artillery systems — 37,056 (+12);
- Multiple-launch rocket systems — 1,637;
- Air defense systems — 1,295;
- Aircraft — 435;
- Helicopters — 347;
- Operational-tactical UAVs — 127,962 (+413);
- Cruise missiles — 4,270 (+1);
- Ships/boats — 28;
- Submarines — 2;
- Automotive equipment and fuel trucks — 77,552 (+113);
- Special equipment — 4,069.
Frontline situation
On February 8, Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out overnight strikes on key Russian military targets, hitting a logistics depot, a concentration of troops, and a drone command post, the General Staff reported. The attack targeted enemy facilities in temporarily occupied territories, including a logistics hub near Rozivka in the Zaporizhzhia region, as part of ongoing efforts to degrade Russia’s offensive capabilities.
Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian airborne self-propelled artillery system in Pokrovsk, derailing preparations for an assault on the village of Hryshyne, the 7th Air Assault Corps reported.
Russian forces are most active near Vovchanski Khutory in the Kharkiv region and along parts of the Sumy region border, where they are probing Ukrainian positions with small infantry groups. According to Ukraine’s Border Guard Service, these attempts have failed and cost Russian units heavy losses, estimated at roughly two battalions killed and wounded.
