Five charts illustrate the enormous losses
how many Russian soldiers have been sent to their deaths in Ukraine are hard to come by. One of the most comprehensive—by Mediazona and Meduza, two independent Russian media outlets—uses public obituaries and official inheritance records to create an estimated death toll. The last timeStart with the overall figure. According to the new study, the Russian death toll has jumped to 66,000-88,000 as of December 31st 2023.
The data can also be viewed by week . This shows notable spikes in Russian losses during the beginning and culmination of Ukraine’s counter-offensive in 2023, and significant losses last winter, during the battle for Bakhmut. These data do not include the number of soldiers who are missing or those who have been badly wounded in combat.
Our third chart gives a breakdown of the types of Russian soldiers who are dying in Ukraine. Although much has been made of Russia’s use of convicts and, these soldiers appear to account for a minority of deaths. Less than 19% of the identified soldiers were convicts, and around 6% belonged to aSoldiers aged between 35 and 39 have the highest death toll, with an estimated 15,000 to 17,000 killed since 2022.
Our final chart puts these numbers into historical context. By April 2023 Russia had already lost more soldiers by invading Ukraine than it had in all its combined previous wars since 1945. By January deaths had roughly doubled. According to, a think-tank, the Kremlin believes that the current ratio of personnel attrition can be sustained until the end of 2025.
The study by Mediazona and Meduza covers only Russia. On February 25th Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, said that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed since Russia’s full-scale invasion; American officials have put the number at more than twice that. The confirmed death toll for Ukrainian civilians, meanwhile, is well over 10,000, with the true total believed to be far higher. All these data provide a bleak insight into the enormous toll of Russia’s invasion.
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