Russia's losses in Ukraine as of July 15: +1,470 troops and 2,003 drones
Ukrainian artillerymen (photo: Getty Images)
Ukrainian Defense Ministry has published a new daily estimate of Russian battlefield losses, reporting another day of steady attrition in both troops and military hardware.
The total Russian combat losses from February 24, 2022, to July 15, 2026, are estimated to be:
- Personnel - nearly 1,423,280 (+1,470)
- Tanks ‒ 12,141 (+10)
- Armored fighting vehicles ‒ 24,938 (+6)
- Special equipment ‒ 4,420 (+4)
- Vehicles and fuel tanks ‒120,307 (+445)
- Unmanned ground vehicles ‒ 1,907 (+2)
- Artillery systems ‒ 45,953 (+42)
- MLRS ‒ 1,936 (+5)
- Air defense assets ‒ 1,492 (+1)
- Aircraft ‒ 437
- Helicopters ‒ 353
- UAVs (operational-tactical level) ‒ 409,204 (+2,003)
- Cruise missiles ‒ 4,906 (+7)
- Warships and boats ‒ 34 (+1)
- Submarines ‒ 2
Estimated overall Russian combat losses as of July 15, 2026 (photo: Ukraine's Ministry of Defense)
Frontline situation
Yesterday, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi said that Russian forces were losing over 400 troops to capture one square kilometer in the Donetsk region. He emphasized that this could have been achieved through strikes deep into the enemy's territory, destroying logistics networks and military facilities.
Meanwhile, Unmanned Systems Forces continue to hunt Russian vessels in the Black and Azov Seas. USF Commander Robert Brovdi (call sign Madyar) reported that just in the past 24 hours, USF hit or destroyed 1,559 unique Russian military targets, including 15 Russian vessels.
