Yes. On September 11, 2026, the United Kingdom’s Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, said more than 500,000 Russian troops have been killed since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. He said those deaths are part of about 1.5 million total Russian casualties (killed and wounded).
Knighton called the figures a “grim milestone,” adding that about 1.4 million of the 1.5 million casualties came since January 2023 while Russia gained only about 2% of Ukraine’s territory. Russia did not immediately comment; independent battlefield death totals are hard to verify because neither side publishes full official tallies.