CSIS: Ukraine War Casualties Top 2 Million Since 2022
The study says Russia has lost about 1.4 million troops, while Ukraine’s casualties are 525,000 to 625,000.
- On Wednesday, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies reported that Russia has suffered about 1.4 million casualties since February 2022, while Ukrainian forces sustained 525,000 to 625,000 casualties.
- Russia is struggling to maintain troop levels as monthly casualty rates of 30,000 to 34,000 exceed recruitment rates of about 27,000, forcing Russian President Vladimir Putin to enlist felons and debtors.
- Domestically produced long-range drones have allowed Kyiv to reduce Russia's refining capacity by 700,000 barrels a day, causing fuel shortages across Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea.
- Polish officials recently warned of possible Russian sabotage operations aimed at inflaming tensions between Poles and Ukrainians, with Poland's minister Tomasz Siemoniak cautioning that Russia is preparing such actions.
- At a summit in France last month, Trump indicated the conflict is not a priority, underscoring a security shift for European allies who relied on US protection for eight decades.
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Russian Blood and Treasure: The Ballooning Costs of Putin’s War
Russia has suffered approximately 1.4 million casualties and 450,000 fatalities in Ukraine for only marginal territorial gains, according to new CSIS data. In addition, Ukraine has conducted deep strikes into Russian territory, including with AI-enabled drones.
At least 1.4 million injured or missing soldiers and up to 600,000 killed – according to a US study, this is the record of Putin's war of aggression against Ukraine. The proportion of Russian soldiers killed is particularly high.
Russia has suffered the largest loss, with 400,000 to 450,000 deaths out of an estimated 1.4 million casualties among its troops since the invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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