Russian losses

Russian forces suffers 1,190 casualties in 24 hours as total combat losses approach 1.46 million

Russian forces suffered approximately 1,190 casualties over the past 24 hours, bringing Moscow's total combat losses to an estimated 1,457,740 killed and wounded since the start of the war, Ukraine’s General Staff reported on August 11.

11 August, 09:06 AM

Russia may need over 1.3T rubles to rescue Wildberries after drone strikes

Ukrainian strikes on Wildberries, resulted in the burning of at least 14 of the company's logistics hubs, has destroyed the business model of Russia's largest marketplace, which annually generated sales equivalent to 3% of national GDP, The Bell wrote on Aug. 6.

6 August, 02:08 PM

Russia lost nearly half of troops it mobilized in 2022, analysis shows

About 300,000 Russians were mobilized in the fall of 2022, and by 2025 only a little more than half remained in service, Janis Kluge, an economist with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, wrote on Aug. 3.

4 August, 09:36 PM

Drone strikes hit 12 of Wildberries' 15 biggest warehouses

Ukrainian drones struck a Wildberries logistics center in Russia's Vladimir Oblast on the morning of Aug. 3, making it the 12th of the company's 15 largest warehouses to be hit by drone strikes, according to Russian outlet Agentstvo Novosti.

3 August, 03:13 PM

Zaluzhnyi names six critical factors determining victory or defeat for Ukraine

Russia has failed to win the war, but deciding if it has lost depends entirely on Moscow agreeing to end the conflict—which "definitely will not happen," Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK Valerii Zaluzhnyi wrote in an Interfax-Ukraine column on July 8.

8 July, 12:46 PM

Ratio of Russian to Ukrainian losses at nearly 8-to-1, CSIS says

The ratio of Russian to Ukrainian battlefield losses in the first half of 2026 rose to nearly 8-to-1, compared with roughly 2-to-1 or 3-to-1 for much of the war, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said in a report published on July 1.

2 July, 12:34 AM

Duma MP voices concern over deteriorating conditions in Russia, demands clear war exit plan

Russian Duma MP Vyacheslav Markhaev voiced concerns that Russia is “on the brink of social upheaval” and demanded “plans to end [the so-called] special military operation (SMO)”, albeit on Russia’s terms.

12 June, 02:33 PM

Russia loses 68 artillery systems in one day

Russia lost around 950 soldiers in its war against Ukraine over the past day, bringing its total estimated losses to about 1,354,810 troops killed and wounded as of May 23, Ukraine’s General Staff reported.

23 May, 11:39 AM

Russia’s slow advance comes at soaring cost as Ukraine intensifies drone strikes

Ukraine’s Defense Forces have sharply increased the monthly number of Russian troops killed or seriously wounded, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov told journalists at a briefing.

21 May, 04:05 PM

Ukraine seizes tactical initiative as Russian losses mount — ISW

Ukrainian Defense Forces are regaining the tactical initiative across various frontline sectors following a series of counteroffensives and mounting Russian troop losses, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported on May 20.

21 May, 08:51 AM

Russian military losses exceeded 141,500 in 2026 — Syrskyi

Russian military losses since the start of 2026 had exceeded 141,500 troops, including more than 83,000 killed or permanently incapacitated, Oleksandr Syrskyi said on May 20.

20 May, 03:16 PM

Kremlin faces growing manpower strain as Russian battlefield losses mount

Ukraine’s General Staff says Russia is struggling with a growing manpower shortage as battlefield losses increasingly match or exceed the number of new contract recruits Moscow brings in, Lt. Gen. Andrii Hnatov told the Report news agency.

15 May, 03:07 PM

Ukraine successfully counters Russian battlefield infiltration tactics — WSJ

Ukraine has managed to adapt to the infiltration tactics used by Russian occupation forces on the battlefield, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) wrote on May 11.

12 May, 01:42 PM

Ukraine's deep strikes on Russian cities reveal glaring gaps in Moscow's air defenses

Ukraine's sustained long-range strikes on Russian cities deep behind the front lines expose Moscow's inability to reliably protect major infrastructure from drone and missile attacks, the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in its May 5 assessment.

6 May, 11:50 AM

Russia suffers four times more troop losses than Ukraine - Stubb

Russia has lost four times as many troops on the front line as Ukraine over the past four months, Finnish President Alexander Stubb stated, Clash Report reported on April 27.

27 April, 12:10 PM

Russian Z-bloggers turn their anger toward Putin and military command

So-called Z-bloggers have begun to criticize not only the command of the Russian army but also the war itself and even its organizer, Vladimir Putin, NV explains with the help of experts.

8 April, 10:09 AM

Ukrainian drones burn Russian oil super-profits — FT

Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian ports in the Baltic Sea have partially prevented the aggressor country from capitalizing on rising oil prices and exposed its air defense vulnerabilities, Financial Times wrote on April 6.

6 April, 10:49 AM

Russia loses 1,180 troops, 61 artillery systems in a day – General Staff

Russia lost about 1,180 troops over the past day, bringing its total estimated casualties to 1,303,505 since Feb. 24, 2022, Ukraine’s General Staff said on Apr. 5.

5 April, 08:33 PM

Syrskyi tells NATO commander of Russian losses, Ukraine’s needs

Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said he held a phone call with NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe and U.S. forces commander in Europe, Gen. Alexus Grynkewich on Apr. 5.

5 April, 03:23 PM

Zelenskyy: Russia fails to break Ukraine defenses, losses mount

Ukrainian forces are largely holding the same frontline positions as a year ago amid mounting Russian losses, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with British blogger Max Klymenko.

20 March, 01:23 PM

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