Russia's losses in Ukraine as of May 24: +1110 troops and +1,843 drones
Photo: A Ukrainian soldier (Getty Images)
Ukraine's defenders keep weakening Russia's military capabilities, destroying more enemy troops and equipment in the past day. The latest data from Ukraine's General Staff highlights losses in tanks, artillery, drones, and armored vehicles.
The total Russian combat losses from February 24, 2022, to May 24, 2026, are estimated to be:
- Personnel — nearly 1,355,920 (+1110)
- Tanks — 11,950 (+1)
- Armored combat vehicles — 24,603 (+4)
- Artillery systems — 42,640 (+61)
- Multiple-launch rocket systems — 1,800 (+1)
- Air defense systems — 1,396 (+2)
- Aircraft — 436
- Helicopters — 353
- Ground robotic complex — 1,451 (+7)
- Operational-tactical UAVs — 308,321 (+1,843)
- Cruise missiles — 4,632
- Ships/boats — 33
- Submarines — 2
- Automotive equipment and fuel tanks — 98,698 (+292)
- Special equipment — 4,216 (+4).
(Photo: facebook.com/Ukraine's General Staff)
Frontline situation
Following Ukraine's attack on the night of May 23, fires broke out in Novorossiysk at key Russian oil facilities used for military logistics. One of the main targets was the Sheskharis oil terminal. Ukrainian forces struck a base area for ships belonging to Russia's shadow fleet in the Black Sea.
Moreover, Ukrainian Security Service drones struck the Metafrax Chemicals enterprise in Russia's Perm Krai. Its products supply dozens of other Russian military production facilities, including those that produce aviation equipment, drones, rocket engines, and explosives.
According to ISW, an intensification of Ukrainian strikes against Russian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) in occupied Ukraine is creating cascading effects on the battlefield and slowing the advance of Russian forces.
