Russia's losses in Ukraine as of September 25: +1,590 troops and 1,223 drones
Ukrainian defenders (photo: Getty Images)
Russian forces continue to sustain losses amid ongoing combat in Ukraine, including personnel and military equipment. Ukrainian troops continue to strike Russian military assets on the battlefield.
The total Russian combat losses from February 24, 2022, to September 25, 2026, are estimated to be:
- Personnel ‒ nearly 1,525,570 (+1,590)
- Tanks ‒ 12,369 (+2)
- Armored fighting vehicles ‒ 25,415 (+13)
- Special equipment ‒ 4,741 (+1)
- Vehicles and fuel tanks ‒ 153,152 (+370)
- Unmanned ground vehicles ‒ 2,736 (+9)
- Artillery systems ‒ 50,275 (+35)
- MLRS ‒ 2,157 (+3)
- Air defense assets ‒ 1,669
- Aircraft ‒ 443
- Helicopters ‒ 356
- UAVs (operational-tactical level) ‒ 532,575 (+1,223)
- Cruise missiles ‒ 5,118 (+7)
- Warships and boats ‒ 35
- Submarines ‒ 2
Estimated overall Russian combat losses as of September 25, 2026 (photo: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine)
Frontline situation
Ukrainian forces continue to inflict losses on Russian troops and military equipment, destroying enemy personnel, artillery systems, and armored vehicles in Huliaipole, Zaporizhzhia region.
Ukrainian forces also struck oil facilities in Russia's Rostov and Krasnodar regions, while advancing in parts of the Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions and disrupting Russian offensive operations.
