General Staff: Russians lost two tanks and over 700 soldiers over the past day

On February 6, the Russian army lost another 730 of its soldiers killed and wounded at the front, as well as dozens of pieces of equipment.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports this.

The Russians lost two tanks, two armored combat vehicles, and 22 artillery systems. The Ukrainian military also destroyed 1 161 operational-tactical UAVs, 68 vehicles, and one piece of special equipment.

Ukraine and Russia rarely publish official figures on their war casualties. The last time Russia officially reported this was in September 2022, when it reported 5 937 deaths.

Ukraine updated its statistics on February 4, 2026: according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, 55 000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed.

Regarding Russiaʼs losses, Zelensky stated that as of February 4, 2025, Russia had lost almost 350 000 soldiers killed, another 50-70 000 were considered missing, and 600-700 000 were wounded.

As of the end of November 2025, the BBC and the Russian media outlet Mediazona had collected the names of 152 142 Russian servicemen who died. Of these, 67% were from rural areas and towns with a population of up to 100 000. Moreover, less than half of Russia’s population lives in such settlements.

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