Russia's losses in Ukraine as of November 8: +2,290 troops and 1,337 drones
Sun, November 08, 2026 - 08:10
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Photo: Ukrainian soldiers (Getty Images)
Russia continues to lose troops and military equipment in its war against Ukraine as Ukrainian forces inflict further casualties on the enemy. Ukraine's military released its latest daily estimates of Russian combat losses.
The total Russian combat losses from February 24, 2022, to November 8, 2026, are estimated to be:
- Personnel ‒ nearly 1,606,400 (+2,290)
- Tanks ‒ 12,458 (+2)
- Armored fighting vehicles ‒ 25,668 (+14)
- Special equipment ‒ 4,888 (+7)
- Vehicles and fuel tanks ‒ 171,850 (+461)
- Unmanned ground vehicles ‒ 3,099 (+6)
- Artillery systems ‒ 52,044 (+44)
- MLRS ‒ 2,257
- Air defense systems ‒ 1,751 (+4)
- Aircraft ‒ 452
- Helicopters ‒ 356
- UAVs (operational-tactical level) ‒ 600,177 (+1,337)
- Cruise missiles ‒ 5,196 (+4)
- Warships and boats ‒ 35
- Submarines ‒ 2.
Estimated overall Russian combat losses as of November 8, 2026 (photo: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine)
Frontline situation
On the night of November 7, the missile forces, using Neptune coastal missile systems, struck the Proton-Eleсtrotex facility, part of the Russian defense-industrial complex, in Oryol.
Moreover, Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck two Iskander launchers and a Pantsir-S1 system in Russia’s Bryansk region.
