General Staff 'greets' Putin on 74th birthday with 1.55M Russian casualty toll
Nation7 October, 08:20 AM
AFU General Staff released updated casualty figures documenting the losses sustained by the Russian military since the launch of the full-scale invasion, tying the release to the 74th birthday of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on Oct. 7.
According to the official bulletin published on the General Staff's Telegram channel, cumulative Russian combat losses since Feb. 24, 2022, include:
Personnel: Approximately 1,545,950 (+1,690 over the previous 24 hours)
Operational-tactical UAVs: 551,876 (+1,890)
Automotive vehicles and fuel tankers: 159,128 (+577)
Artillery systems: 50,836 (+51)
Multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS): 2,192 (+8)
Specialized engineering equipment: 4,800 (+5)
Armored fighting vehicles (AFVs): 25,498 (+4)
Anti-aircraft defense systems: 1,690 (+2)
Ground unmanned robotic systems: 2,878 (+12)
Main battle tanks: 12,396
Cruise missiles: 5,126
Aircraft: 443
Helicopters: 356
Warships and military boats: 35
Submarines: 2
"Having unleashed the largest war on the European continent since the Second World War, the Russian dictator edges his country closer to the abyss with each passing year, and himself toward the scrapheap of history," the military emphasized, pointedly referring to the massive equipment and manpower losses as the Russian dictator's true "achievements."
Historical Magnitude of Russian Attrition
On Sept. 9, General Staff confirmed that total Russian combat casualties — including troops killed and wounded in action — officially surpassed the 1.5 million threshold.
The confirmed attrition represents Russia's heaviest casualties in any single armed conflict since the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945.
Military analysts note that this figure exceeds the combined casualties suffered by the Soviet and Russian armed forces across all armed interventions and wars fought throughout the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century combined.
Casualty toll of 1.5 million is 100 times higher than total Soviet armed forces losses incurred over a decade of war in Afghanistan, and 125 times higher than the officially recognized casualties sustained by Moscow during the First and Second Chechen Wars.