Ukraine's General Staff reports 1,520 Russian casualties in a day; cumulative losses near 1.51 million
Ukraine's General Staff reported on the morning of 13 September 2026 that Ukrainian forces killed and wounded 1,520 Russian personnel over the past day, bringing estimated total Russian losses since 24 February 2022 to approximately 1,506,900. The daily summary records 249 combat clashes across the front, with the Pokrovsk direction identified as the hottest sector, and details Russian strikes — two missile strikes, 98 air strikes, 348 guided aerial bombs, 11,357 kamikaze drones and 2,815 shellings of Ukrainian positions and populated areas.
Key points
- 1,520 Russian personnel killed and wounded in the past day, per the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Total estimated Russian losses since 24 February 2022 stand at approximately 1,506,900 personnel as of 13 September 2026.
- Russian tank losses: 12,344 (+2); armoured combat vehicles: 25,330 (+8); artillery systems: 49,678 (+77); MLRS: 2,120 (+5); air defence systems: 1,635 (+2).
- Tactical-level UAV losses rose by 2,142 to 514,317; cruise missile losses rose by 8 to 5,111; ground robotic complexes: 2,603 (+17); vehicles and tankers: 148,259 (+410).
- 249 combat clashes were recorded across the front over the past day; the Pokrovsk direction was the hottest sector, with 29 Russian attacks stopped.
- Russian strikes over the day included 2 missile strikes, 98 air strikes, 348 guided aerial bombs, 11,357 kamikaze drones and 2,815 shellings of populated areas and Ukrainian positions.
- 13 September 2026 is the 1,663rd day of Russia's full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine; the General Staff frames cumulative Russian losses as the largest in a single war since World War II.
- General Staff figures are described as subject to clarification.
Why it matters
The daily General Staff communique is the principal open-source Ukrainian tally of Russian personnel and equipment losses, and it carries milestone framing: cumulative Russian losses are now described as surpassing 1.5 million killed and wounded, a level the General Staff characterises as Russia's largest losses in a single war since World War II. The 13 September summary also captures the operational tempo of the front — 249 clashes in a day, with the Pokrovsk direction as the focal sector — and the volume of Russian strike activity (missile, air, drone and shelling) over the same 24-hour window, which is the usual baseline for assessing pressure on Ukrainian defences.
What happened
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published its morning operational summary for 13 September 2026 at 08:00, reporting that Ukrainian forces killed and wounded 1,520 Russian personnel over the past day. Estimated total Russian personnel losses since 24 February 2022 stand at approximately 1,506,900, of which 1,520 are attributed to the past 24 hours. The General Staff's equipment tally shows daily increases of 2 tanks (to 12,344), 8 armoured combat vehicles (to 25,330), 77 artillery systems (to 49,678), 5 MLRS (to 2,120) and 2 air defence systems (to 1,635). Tactical-UAV losses rose by 2,142 to 514,317, cruise missile losses by 8 to 5,111, ground robotic complexes by 17 to 2,603, and vehicles and tankers by 410 to 148,259. Over the past day, 249 combat clashes were recorded across the front. The Pokrovsk direction remained the hottest sector, with Ukrainian forces stopping 29 Russian attacks; the Kostiantynivka direction saw 15 attacks, the South-Slobozhansky direction 14, and the Huliaipole direction 9. Russian forces did not conduct assault actions on the Kramatorsk, Dnipro or Volyn/Polissia directions. Russian strikes over the day included two missile strikes, 98 air strikes with 348 guided aerial bombs dropped, 11,357 kamikaze drones used, and 2,815 shellings of populated areas and Ukrainian positions; artillery and air strikes hit locations in Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts. Ukrainian aviation, rocket forces and artillery struck two areas of Russian personnel concentration, four Russian artillery systems and one UAV control point over the same period. The General Staff notes that its figures are subject to clarification. The synthesis also records that 13 September 2026 is the 1,663rd day of Russia's full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine.
Background
On 9 September 2026, the General Staff reported that Russian losses since the start of the full-scale invasion had exceeded 1.5 million killed and wounded. According to the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, July 2025 saw the elimination and wounding of 42,860 Russian occupiers — the maximum since January 2025 — alongside a record number of Russian vehicles destroyed that month. The 13 September 2026 summary is published as part of the General Staff's regular morning operational update; the General Staff describes its published loss figures as being subject to clarification and refinement. 13 September 2026 marks the 1,663rd day of Russia's full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine.