Evidence

A search for the specific figure found a Ukrainska Pravda article ('Russian losses over past day: 1,480 soldiers killed and wounded') reporting that Ukraine's General Staff, via its Facebook page, stated Russia lost 1,480 soldiers killed and wounded over the preceding 24 hours, bringing cumulative personnel losses to roughly 1,500,870 since February 2022. This is one of a long-running series of near-identical daily reports Ukrainska Pravda publishes (other days showed figures like 1,240 and 1,400), all sourced solely to the Ukrainian General Staff's own social media updates, with the outlet itself appending the standard caveat that 'the information is being confirmed.' I found no independent corroboration of this specific 1,480 figure from Russian sources, international militaries, or independent monitors, and no dedicated fact-check from Reuters, AFP, Bellingcat, or EUvsDisinfo addressing this particular daily tally.