The Russian army lost nearly 1.2 million soldiers in Ukraine. “These numbers are shocking”

Experts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) based in Washington estimate that the Russian army lost nearly 1.2 million dead, wounded and missing soldiers during the full-scale war against Ukraine launched in 2022.

Record data on Russian losses

According to CSIS experts, in 2025 alone, the losses of Russian troops will amount to 425,000. killed and wounded, on average about 35,000 monthly. 315,000 have died since the beginning of the war. Russian soldiers.

– These numbers are shocking. No world power has suffered such losses in any war since World War II, CSIS analysts said.

54,400 died in the Korean War. American soldiers. 47,300 of them died in Vietnam, 2,400 lost their lives during operations in Afghanistan, and 4,400 died during operations in Afghanistan. in Iraq – they emphasized.

In Ukraine, the Russian army lost 17 times as many soldiers as the Soviet army in Afghanistan, 11 times more than in both Chechen wars, and more than five times more than the number of dead in all both Russian and Soviet wars fought after World War II.

The number of Russian casualties on the battlefield is much higher than the number of Ukrainian casualties – the ratio is approximately 2.5:1 or 2:1. Ukrainian losses probably amounted to 500,000. up to 600 thousand killed, wounded and missing.

The Russian economy is also taking a hit

Russia's war economy also faces serious problems. Exports of industrial products and high-tech goods are limited, and Russia will likely continue to lag behind in new technologies, CSIS analysts said. In their opinion, the likelihood that Russia will reintegrate into the global trade and financial system in the near future is low.

Some data suggests that there has been a significant decline in public support for the war with Ukraine in Russia. According to one survey from May 2023, 57 percent Russians believed that most people in their immediate environment supported the war; 39 percent assessed the opposite. However, when the respondents were asked the same questions again in October 2025, it turned out that the numbers were reversed: 55 percent. survey participants were convinced that most people in their immediate environment were against the war, and 45 percent assessed that the majority of the environment supports it, analysts said in a report published on Tuesday. (PAP)

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