Forbes: Russia would take 230 years to fully capture Ukraine

At the current rate of offensive, the Russian Federation would have taken 230 years to capture Ukraine as a whole, which would have resulted in 101 million victims, counting Forbes.

In April, Russian forces managed to occupy around 176 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory. But they paid a heavy price for it - they lost 4,800 vehicles and had more than 36,600 dead and wounded soldiers, according to one statistician who collects data mostly from official Ukrainian sources, including the General Headquarters in Kiev.

Ukraine covers 233,000 square kilometers, 19% of which is under Russian occupation. If Russia's advance and losses continue at the current pace, Moscow would control the rest of Ukraine only in 2256 and at a cost of 101 million victims, Forbes magazine reports, citing analysts.

The war in Ukraine is ongoing, and Russia has switched to a war economy. Experts have calculated that at the current rate, Vladimir Putin's army could occupy the entire territory of the country in 231 years. And the vast majority of Russians would lose their lives in the process.

At the current pace of the Russian Armed Forces’ advance into Ukraine, a full-scale invasion of the country seems a distant goal. According to an ironic but significant estimate published by Forbes, Russia could complete such an invasion only by the year 2256, if it maintains the same momentum it has shown so far. This conclusion comes from analysis by Forbes military analyst David Axe, who emphasizes not only the slow and costly pace of Russian…

The Russian army, which has occupied about 20 percent of Ukraine since the start of the war, will occupy all the remaining territory in 230 years at the cost of 101 million lives, Forbes magazine published on Thursday, estimating that if it continues at this pace, it will do so at the cost of 101 million lives. Russia’s current population is 144 million. The estimate was made by Konrad Muzyka, an analyst at the Rochan Consulting research institu…