Troop Casualties in Ukraine War Top 2 Million, Study Finds

[dalton99a]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/us/politics/russia-ukraine-troop-casualties.html

Troop Casualties in Ukraine War Top 2 Million, Study Finds
Russia has borne the heavier toll, with 1.4 million troops killed or wounded since it invaded in February 2022.
By Helene Cooper
July 1, 2026, 12:00 p.m. ET

More than two million Russian and Ukrainian troops have been killed or wounded in the four years that Russia has been waging war against its neighbor, according to a new study, a bleak milestone as Russia’s assault grinds on.

The study, published on Wednesday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said Russia has borne the heavier toll, with 1.4 million troops killed or wounded since February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine.

Of that total, 450,000 were killed, a number that is four times greater than U.S. fatalities in all wars combined since World War II.

Ukrainian forces have suffered 525,000 to 625,000 casualties, including 125,000 to 150,000 deaths, the study said.

Officials cautioned that casualty figures have been difficult to estimate throughout the war because Moscow is believed to routinely undercount its war dead and injured, and Ukraine does not disclose its official figures. The study relied on casualty figures from American and British government estimates, among other sources.

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https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2026-07/260701_Jones_Russian_Blood.pdf
Russian Blood and Treasure: The Ballooning Costs of Putin’s War
by Seth G. Jones and Riley McCabe
Published July 1, 2026

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

1. Horrificnumbers. Yet Musk, miller and other racist talk "great replacement" as if beown people are the threat

[erronis]

2. Might want to prepend "Russian" to title.

I do feel sorry for all the Ivan's that were forced to fight while putin stayed safe in his bunkers.

[OGBuzz]

3. I am all for Ukraine bombing the shit out of Moscow with missiles and drones. But I am also really worried about what

Putin will do when his back is against the wall. He controls about half the nukes in the world. I hope Vlad receives Julius Caesars fate before anything catastrophic happens.