Top photo: A destroyed Russian tank on Khreshchatyk Street, Kyiv, Aug. 22, 2023. National Guard of Ukraine / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 (cropped).
The Ukraine war is Europe’s largest conflict since World War II. It began in 2014, when Russia seized Crimea and backed armed separatists in the Donbas, and became a full-scale war when Russia invaded on Feb. 24, 2022. This tracker collects the key Russia-Ukraine war statistics in one place and updates them every day. You’ll find Russian personnel and equipment losses claimed by Ukraine’s General Staff, civilian deaths and injuries verified by the United Nations, and refugee and displacement figures from UNHCR.
Every number names its source and as-of date, and claims are labeled as claims. Below the charts are a timeline of the war’s turning points, our latest Ukraine war coverage, and answers to common questions. For the weapons reshaping the front line, read our drone warfare guide. For daily reporting, visit the Warfare hub.
Russia-Ukraine war statistics
Key totals: day 1,697 of the full-scale war
Cumulative since Feb. 24, 2022 · latest data
Claimed Russian military losses
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine · as of Oct 17, 2026 · claims by a party to the war, not independently verified
Human cost
Sources: UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (OHCHR), as of Sep 30, 2026; UNHCR, 2025 figures
Ukrainian military figures are claims and cannot be checked independently. UN figures count only cases verified one by one; the UN says actual numbers are likely considerably higher.
Last updated: October 17, 2026, 6:10 pm ET. Military data refreshes automatically twice a day (about 7 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. ET); UN figures update when the UN publishes.
Ukraine war charts: losses, civilians and refugees
Swipe, scroll or use the arrows to browse 4 charts. Each chart names its source and date range.
Daily claimed Russian losses: Personnel
Cumulative claimed Russian losses since Feb. 2022: Personnel
UN-verified civilian casualties in Ukraine, by year
Refugees and internally displaced people from Ukraine
Claimed Russian losses: last 7 days vs. prior 7 days
Daily changes in the cumulative totals reported by Ukraine's General Staff (Ukrainian military claims, not independently verified). Latest report: Oct 17, 2026.
| Category | Cumulative total | Last 7 days | Prior 7 days | Change | 30-day daily avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personnel | 1,562,970 | 12,060 | 11,960 | ▲ +0.8% | 1,649.3 |
| Tanks | 12,415 | 9 | 15 | ▼ -40% | 2.3 |
| Armored combat vehicles | 25,554 | 39 | 38 | ▲ +2.6% | 7.0 |
| Artillery systems | 51,266 | 266 | 363 | ▼ -26.7% | 46.8 |
| Multiple rocket launchers | 2,221 | 20 | 23 | ▼ -13% | 2.7 |
| Air defense systems | 1,710 | 11 | 16 | ▼ -31.3% | 2.2 |
| Drones (operational-tactical UAVs) | 566,986 | 10,060 | 12,428 | ▼ -19.1% | 1,549.3 |
| Vehicles and fuel tanks | 163,883 | 2,937 | 4,215 | ▼ -30.3% | 462.2 |
| Cruise missiles | 5,130 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 0.6 |
| Aircraft | 449 | 6 | 0 | n/a | 0.2 |
| Helicopters | 356 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 |
| Warships and boats | 35 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 |
Last 30 daily reports: Personnel
| Date | Daily claimed | 7-day avg. | 30-day avg. | Cumulative |
|---|
UN-verified civilian casualties in Ukraine
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (OHCHR) has verified 17,605 civilians killed and 55,846 injured from Feb. 24, 2022 through Sep 30, 2026 (update published Oct 15, 2026). The UN says the actual numbers are likely considerably higher. Civilian casualties from January to September 2026 were 59% higher than in the same period of 2025, and September 2026 was the deadliest September of the full-scale war, according to OHCHR.
| Period | Killed | Injured | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan–Sep 2024 | 1,607 | 6,764 | 8,371 |
| Jan–Sep 2025 | 1,943 | 9,233 | 11,176 |
| Jan–Sep 2026 | 2,570 | 15,211 | 17,781 |
| July 2026 | 448 | 2,695 | 3,143 |
| August 2026 | 389 | 2,366 | 2,755 |
| September 2026 | 328 | 2,105 | 2,433 |
| Feb. 24, 2022 to Sep 30, 2026 | 17,605 | 55,846 | 73,451 |
Source: OHCHR, September 2026 update. Monthly figures can be revised in later updates.
Refugees and internally displaced people from Ukraine
UNHCR counted 5,224,131 refugees from Ukraine worldwide and 3,712,000 people internally displaced inside Ukraine in its 2025 figures.
| Year | Refugees | Internally displaced | Asylum seekers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 27,562 | 854,000 | 19,426 |
| 2022 | 5,684,177 | 5,914,000 | 34,637 |
| 2023 | 5,960,362 | 3,689,000 | 33,988 |
| 2024 | 5,120,036 | 3,665,000 | 44,349 |
| 2025 | 5,224,131 | 3,712,000 | 26,583 |
Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, licensed CC BY 4.0; figures shown as published, not modified. Retrieved October 17, 2026, 6:10 pm ET.
Ukraine war timeline: key events since 2014
The turning points of the Russia-Ukraine war, from the seizure of Crimea to the latest diplomacy. Dates come from official statements and major news reporting.
- Russia annexes Crimea
Weeks after Russian troops without insignia seized the peninsula, Moscow formally annexes Crimea. The UN General Assembly calls the referendum invalid.
- War in the Donbas begins
Russian-backed armed groups seize government buildings in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, starting eight years of fighting in eastern Ukraine.
- Putin recognizes the separatist "republics"
Russia recognizes the self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk "people's republics" as independent states.
- Russia launches its full-scale invasion
Russian forces attack from the north, east and south, including a push toward Kyiv. Day 1 of the counts on this page.
- Russia retreats from the Kyiv region
Ukraine says the whole Kyiv region is back under its control. Evidence of killings of civilians in Bucha comes to light. What the UN and ICC have documented →
- Cruiser Moskva sinks
The flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet sinks after Ukraine says it hit the ship with Neptune missiles.
- Mariupol falls
Russia says the last Ukrainian defenders of the Azovstal steelworks have surrendered, ending an 86-day siege. Mariupol siege death toll →
- Ukraine's Kharkiv counteroffensive
A fast Ukrainian offensive breaks Russian lines in Kharkiv region and retakes Izium and Kupiansk within days.
- Russia claims to annex four regions
Putin proclaims the annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, none of which Russia fully controls.
- Ukraine retakes Kherson
Ukrainian troops enter Kherson city after Russia withdraws to the east bank of the Dnipro River.
- ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin
The International Criminal Court accuses Putin of the unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children.
- Wagner claims Bakhmut
After about 10 months of fighting, Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin claims full control of the ruined city.
- Kakhovka dam destroyed
The Russian-held dam on the Dnipro is breached, flooding towns downstream, as Ukraine's summer counteroffensive begins.
- Wagner mutiny
Prigozhin's fighters take over Russia's military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don and march toward Moscow before standing down.
- Ukraine withdraws from Avdiivka
Ukraine pulls troops out of the Donetsk-region town after months of Russian assaults.
- Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region
Ukrainian forces cross the border, the first foreign ground incursion into Russia since World War II.
- Russia fires the Oreshnik missile
Russia strikes Dnipro with a new intermediate-range ballistic missile it calls Oreshnik.
- Oval Office clash
A meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House breaks down in front of cameras.
- Operation Spiderweb
Ukrainian drones launched from trucks inside Russia hit long-range bombers at several air bases. Drone warfare guide →
- Trump-Putin summit in Alaska
Trump and Putin meet in Anchorage. The talks end without a ceasefire.
- Peace talks in Miami
U.S., Ukrainian and European officials meet in Miami on ending the war. The same day, Washington eases sanctions on Russian diesel. The talks end without an agreement. Our report from the Miami talks →
- Putin's "security zone"
Visiting a military command post, Putin says Russia is building a "security zone" inside Ukraine that will not be up for negotiation. The Institute for the Study of War says his claims of battlefield gains are greatly exaggerated.
Timeline last reviewed Oct. 17, 2026.
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Methodology and caveats
Claims vs. verified figures. The equipment and personnel numbers come from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a party to the war. They are Ukrainian military claims and have not been independently verified. Russia’s Defense Ministry publishes its own claims about Ukrainian losses but not a consistent daily series, and Russia does not publish its own casualty totals. The civilian figures come from the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, which counts only deaths and injuries it has verified case by case. Those are minimum figures.
How we calculate. The General Staff reports cumulative totals. We compute each daily value as the change from the previous report, then compute 7-day and 30-day moving averages from those daily values. The trend table compares the sum of the last seven daily changes with the seven before them. Before May 2022, military vehicles and fuel tanks were reported separately; we add them together for that period. Cruise missiles were first reported in May 2022.
Licensing. We use only data we are allowed to republish: the PetroIvaniuk dataset (MIT License), UNHCR population statistics (CC BY 4.0) and figures cited from OHCHR’s public reports. We removed a missile-attack dataset in October 2026 because its CC BY-NC-SA license does not allow use on an ad-supported site.
What is not here. We do not chart Oryx’s visually confirmed equipment losses because we could not find an up-to-date, openly licensed, machine-readable copy. ACLED and similar event datasets require licenses for republication. We will not publish numbers we cannot source.
Definitions
- Personnel losses
- As reported by Ukraine’s General Staff, this figure combines Russian troops killed and wounded, described as “approximately.” It is not a death toll.
- Armored combat vehicles
- Armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles and similar armored vehicles, as categorized by the General Staff.
- Drones (operational-tactical UAVs)
- Unmanned aerial vehicles the General Staff says it has destroyed. It does not include all small first-person-view drones. See our drone warfare guide for the types in use.
- Verified civilian casualties
- Civilians the UN has confirmed killed or injured through its own monitoring. The UN says actual totals are likely considerably higher.
- Refugee / internally displaced person
- A refugee has fled across an international border; an internally displaced person has been forced from home but remains inside Ukraine.
Russia-Ukraine war FAQ
When did the Russia-Ukraine war start?
The war began in February 2014, when Russia seized Crimea, and continued that spring with fighting in the Donbas. Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, which is the start date for the counts on this page.
How long has the Ukraine war lasted?
The full-scale invasion began on Feb. 24, 2022, so in 2026 the war is in its fifth year. The key totals panel at the top of this page shows the current day count, which updates with each daily report.
How many Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine?
No independently verified figure exists. Ukraine's General Staff publishes a daily cumulative figure for Russian personnel losses, shown on this page. It counts killed and wounded troops together and is not independently verified. Russia does not publish comprehensive casualty figures, and Western government and independent estimates vary widely.
How many civilians have been killed in the Russia-Ukraine war?
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (OHCHR) verified 17,605 civilians killed and 55,846 injured from Feb. 24, 2022 through Sept. 30, 2026. The UN says the real numbers are likely considerably higher because many reports, especially from occupied areas, cannot be verified.
How many people have fled Ukraine?
UNHCR counted 5,224,131 refugees from Ukraine worldwide and 3,712,000 people internally displaced inside Ukraine in its 2025 figures. The refugees chart and table on this page show how those numbers have changed each year since 2021.
Why do war casualty numbers differ so much?
Warring parties have an incentive to inflate enemy losses and play down their own, and independent access to the front line is limited. The UN counts only cases it can verify individually, so its figures are minimums. Claimed figures, verified figures and statistical estimates measure different things and should not be compared directly.
Where does the daily Russian losses data come from?
The daily figures are published by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This page collects them from the open PetroIvaniuk/2022-Ukraine-Russia-War-Dataset on GitHub, which is released under the MIT License and compiles the General Staff reports.
How often is this Ukraine war tracker updated?
The military data refreshes automatically twice a day, at about 7 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. If a source is unavailable, the most recent saved data stays on the page and the last-updated time shows when it was refreshed. UN civilian casualty figures are updated when the UN publishes its monthly report, and UNHCR figures when UNHCR releases new data.
Is there a ceasefire in the Ukraine war?
No. As of Oct. 17, 2026, there is no general ceasefire. President Trump said in October 2026 that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to pause strikes on energy infrastructure, but Moscow did not confirm it, Zelensky said it had already been violated, and Russian strikes on the power grid continued. Talks in Miami on Oct. 9, 2026, ended without an agreement.
What do the 7-day and 30-day averages show?
Daily figures jump around. The 7-day average smooths out day-to-day swings, and the 30-day average shows the longer trend. The weekly trend table compares the total of the last seven daily reports with the seven reports before them.
Can I download or reuse this data?
Yes. The claimed losses series is available as a CSV download on this page. Please credit Ukraine's General Staff as the source of the claims and the PetroIvaniuk dataset (MIT License). UNHCR figures are licensed CC BY 4.0 and should be credited to UNHCR.
Does this tracker cover Iran, the Middle East or Sudan?
Not yet. We only chart conflicts where a reliable, regularly published and openly licensed dataset is available. We will add other conflicts when such data can be sourced and attributed clearly.
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Sources and credits
- General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (daily loss claims)
- PetroIvaniuk/2022-Ukraine-Russia-War-Dataset (GitHub, MIT License)
- OHCHR: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, September 2026 (published Oct. 15, 2026)
- UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine: Protection of civilians reports
- UNHCR Refugee Data Finder (CC BY 4.0)
- Photos: National Guard of Ukraine, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, European Commission Audiovisual Service and State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, via Wikimedia Commons, all CC BY 4.0. Photos are cropped; credits appear under each image.