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The losses of the Russian army, which has been fighting in Ukraine for more than three years, have reached 950,000 killed and wounded, the UK Ministry of Defence reported, citing military intelligence data.
According to the department's calculations, the Russian army's total losses in the first four months of 2025 amounted to approximately 160,000 people. "If this rate continues until the end of 2025, it will be the most expensive year of the war for Russia in terms of personnel losses," the kingdom's Defense Ministry noted.
This year, despite the high level of daily losses, Russia has not been able to take control of any significant areas of Ukrainian territory, the British military stated. In April, the Russian Armed Forces lost an average of just over 1,200 people killed and wounded per day (in March – 1,300), the ministry noted, citing data from the General Staff of Ukraine.
Earlier, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) estimated the losses of the Russian army since the beginning of the war at almost 800 thousand killed and wounded. At the same time, the commander of the US forces in Europe, Christopher Cavoli, said in early April that the Russian Armed Forces are recruiting about 30,000 new recruits every month. According to him, the Russian group in Ukraine currently numbers at least 600,000 soldiers.
According to Forbes calculations, Russian troops, if they maintain the current rate of advance and losses, will need approximately 230 years to capture the Ukrainian territories that have not yet been occupied – this is almost 490 thousand square kilometers or 81% of Ukraine. In the process, about 101 million Russian soldiers will die.
