Russia's losses in Ukraine as of October 5: +2,020 troops and 47 artillery systems
Photo: Ukrainian soldiers (Getty Images)
The Russian military has suffered another significant blow on the battlefield, with Ukrainian forces reporting heavy personnel and equipment losses over the past 24 hours.
The total Russian combat losses from February 24, 2022, to October 5, 2026, are estimated to be:
- Personnel ‒ nearly 1,542,720 (+2,020)
- Tanks ‒ 12,393 (+2)
- Armored fighting vehicles ‒ 25,487 (+4)
- Special equipment ‒ 4,793 (+5)
- Vehicles and fuel tanks ‒ 157,985 (+727)
- Unmanned ground vehicles ‒ 2,859 (+22)
- Artillery systems ‒ 50,733 (+47)
- MLRS ‒ 2,182 (+3)
- Air defense assets ‒ 1,688 (+2)
- Aircraft ‒ 443
- Helicopters ‒ 356
- UAVs (operational-tactical level) ‒ 548,095 (+1,855)
- Cruise missiles ‒ 5,126
- Warships and boats ‒ 35
- Submarines ‒ 2
Estimated overall Russian combat losses as of October 5, 2026 (photo: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine)
Frontline situation
Ukraine continues to strike Russia’s war machine across multiple fronts, with more than 51% of its oil refining capacity reportedly taken offline, a Buk-M3 and a drone facility hit on the battlefield, and an SBU drone strike damaging two fighter jets and an ammunition depot at a Russian airbase in Adygea.
Meanwhile, Russia launched five guided aerial bombs at a residential area in Sumy, damaging apartment buildings and cars, with strikes reported near a high-rise building and casualties reported.
