Russia's losses in Ukraine as of May 20: +920 troops and 60 artillery systems
Ukrainian warriors inflict new losses on Russian forces (photo: Getty Images)
Russia’s military losses continue to mount amid ongoing clashes with Ukrainian forces. In the latest daily update, Ukraine’s General Staff says Russia lost personnel along with additional military hardware over the past 24 hours.
The total Russian combat losses from February 24, 2022, to May 20, 2026, are estimated to be:
- Personnel — nearly 1,352,070 (+920)
- Tanks — 11,943 (+3)
- Armored combat vehicles — 24,586 (+2)
- Artillery systems — 42,400 (+60)
- Multiple-launch rocket systems — 1,795 (+3)
- Air defense systems — 1,388 (+2)
- Aircraft — 436
- Helicopters — 353
- Ground robotic complex — 1,432 (+6)
- Operational-tactical UAVs — 301,072 (+1,873)
- Cruise missiles — 4,632
- Ships/boats — 33
- Submarines — 2
- Automotive equipment and fuel tanks — 97,868 (+268)
- Special equipment — 4,206 (+4)
Frontline situation
Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said Russian forces are suffering significantly heavier battlefield losses than Ukraine’s military. According to Syrskyi, Russia’s total losses are about 3.5 times higher, while the ratio of soldiers killed can reach seven to nine Russian troops for every Ukrainian servicemember killed.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck one of Russia’s largest oil refineries, the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez plant in the Nizhny Novgorod region, triggering a fire at the facility. According to Ukraine’s General Staff, the refinery processes around 17 million tons of oil annually and produces fuel supplies used by the Russian military.
