Ukraine, one million Russian casualties by summer: the shocking toll from CSIS

The US think tank estimates that over 250,000 Russian soldiers have been killed. Total losses exceed all conflicts faced by Moscow since 1945

According to a report by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, more than 250,000 Russian soldiers have died in battle in Ukraine since 24 February 2022, the date of the invasion. By the summer, the total number of Russian casualties – including the wounded – could reach one million.

The US think tank calls this figure an “impressive and gruesome milestone”, highlighting Vladimir Putin’s disregard for the lives of his soldiers. The report notes that Russian losses in the war in Ukraine exceed five times those recorded in all the wars fought by Moscow and the Soviet Union between 1945 and 2022.

Casualties and equipment: losses greater than any other Russian conflict

The CSIS figures show a striking disproportion compared to other conflicts: Russian casualties are 15 times higher than those of the war in Afghanistan and 10 times higher than those of the first and second wars in Chechnya.

Russia has also suffered enormous damage in terms of equipment: since January 2024 alone, Moscow has reportedly lost:

1,149 armoured combat vehicles

3,098 infantry vehicles

300 self-propelled artillery pieces

1,865 tanks

The report indicates that Russian material losses are 2 to 5 times higher than those of Ukraine.

Minimal advance at a very high human and military cost

In the face of these losses, Russian territorial gains have been marginal: since January 2024, Moscow has conquered approximately 5,000 km², less than 1% of Ukrainian territory, concentrated in the oblasts of Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv, with an average advance of just 50 metres per day.

By comparison, in the first five weeks of the war, Russia had occupied 120,000 km², but 50,000 of these were recaptured by Ukraine in the spring of 2022.

According to the CSIS, this balance sheet shows the enormous human and material expenditure in the face of minimal strategic results, raising increasingly pressing questions about the sustainability of the Russian military campaign.

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