Ukraine's General Staff reports 1,500 Russian casualties in a day, cumulative losses near 1.5 million
Ukraine's General Staff said on 12 September 2026 that Ukrainian Defence Forces killed or wounded about 1,500 Russian servicemen in the past day, bringing estimated cumulative Russian personnel losses since 24 February 2022 to roughly 1,505,380. The daily update also tallied losses of Russian tanks, armoured vehicles, artillery systems, drones and other equipment, with all figures described as preliminary and subject to refinement.
Key points
- Ukraine's General Staff reported about 1,500 Russian personnel killed or wounded in the past day.
- Cumulative estimated Russian personnel losses since 24 February 2022 stand at roughly 1,505,380 as of 12 September 2026.
- Russian tank losses: 12,342 (+1); armoured fighting vehicles: 25,322 (+10).
- Russian artillery systems: 49,601 (+85); MLRS: 2,115 (+6); air defence systems: 1,633 (+11).
- Russian aircraft losses rose to 442 (+1 confirmed retroactively for a previous period); helicopters: 356 (+0).
- Ground robotic systems: 2,586 (+13); operational-tactical UAVs: 512,175 (+2,045 in a single day).
- Automotive vehicles and tankers: 147,849 (+638); special equipment: 4,676 (+10); all figures are described by the General Staff as preliminary and subject to refinement.
Why it matters
Daily casualty tallies from Ukraine's General Staff are the most frequently cited indicator of the war's trajectory in Ukrainian media, and the cumulative personnel figure has now surpassed 1.5 million since the start of the full-scale invasion. The single-day equipment updates — including a newly confirmed aircraft and more than 2,000 drones — illustrate the sustained pace of attrition on Russian matériel.
What happened
On 12 September 2026, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published its daily estimate of Russian losses. It reported that Ukrainian Defence Forces killed or wounded about 1,500 Russian servicemen over the previous day, bringing the cumulative estimated Russian personnel losses since 24 February 2022 to roughly 1,505,380. The same update listed equipment losses: 12,342 tanks (+1), 25,322 armoured fighting vehicles (+10), 49,601 artillery systems (+85), 2,115 multiple launch rocket systems (+6), 1,633 air defence systems (+11), 442 aircraft (+1 confirmed for a previous period), 356 helicopters (+0), 2,586 ground robotic systems (+13), 512,175 operational-tactical UAVs (+2,045), 5,103 cruise missiles (+0), 35 ships/boats (+0), 2 submarines (+0), 147,849 automotive vehicles and tankers (+638) and 4,676 units of special equipment (+10). The General Staff stressed that the figures are preliminary and continue to be updated.
How Ukrainian sources describe it
The five supplied sources are all Ukrainian outlets that present the figures as official General Staff data, framing the daily toll in moral as well as military terms and using language such as "occupiers" and "invaders" for Russian forces. They repeatedly note that the numbers are preliminary and subject to refinement by the General Staff.
Where reporting differs
Sources differ on the +1 change in the Russian aircraft-loss column: some describe it as a newly downed plane during the day, while at least one source (article 15469) characterises it as a loss confirmed retroactively for a previous period.
Background
Russia last officially published its own casualty figures in September 2022, when it acknowledged 5,937 dead. British intelligence has assessed that at least 500,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since February 2022. On 31 July 2026, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian losses had reached about 1.6 million, including around 700,000 dead, and that at least 50,000 Ukrainian military personnel had been killed. All figures in the General Staff report are described as subject to refinement.