US EditionRussia's advance in Ukraine since 2024 was slower than in almost all wars over last 100 years: CSIS
Russia's advances average between 15 and 70 meters daily, slower than WWI's Somme battle, with 415,000 casualties reported in 2025, CSIS researchers say.
- Russia's army is advancing in Ukraine at an average of 15 to 70 meters per day, the slowest pace seen in more than a century, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies report.
- Since February 2022, Russian forces have suffered nearly 1.2 million casualties, including 325,000 killed, the highest losses for any major power since World War II, as stated by CSIS.
- In 2024, Russian forces seized about 0.6% of Ukraine's territory, which is a significantly smaller gain compared to previous campaigns, according to CSIS.
- CSIS concludes that Russia's reliance on attrition tactics and high casualties does not indicate an impending victory, but instead shows a costly struggle for minimal progress.
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Putin's army is the slowest army in the Ukraine war in 100 years. Western intelligence agencies report enormous losses for Russia.
Russia's advance in Ukraine since 2024 was slower than in almost all wars over last 100 years: analysts
Military engineers from Russia's Southern Military District conduct training in early 2026.Arkadii Budnitskii/Anadolu via Getty ImagesTwo researchers have found that Russia's recent advance is slower than in almost all modern wars.Their analysis said that even in Pokrovsk, Russia has only been advancing 70 meters a day on average.That's slower than the Allies' progress in WWI's brutal Battle of the Somme, they said.Russia's rate of advance over …
During the full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia has lost 1.2 million soldiers. This exceeds the losses in any war since World War II, according to RBC-Ukraine, citing Euronews. Citing data from the Canadian Centre for Security Intelligence (CSIS), the publication reports that Russian troops have suffered nearly 1.2 million casualties in the war in Ukraine. This figure is roughly equivalent to the population of Brussels. It is noted that this figure…
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