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Russia’s Total War Losses in Ukraine Top 900,000, NATO Source Says
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Russia suffered over 250,000 military deaths since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with total losses—killed, wounded, or incapacitated—now surpassing 900,000, according to a senior NATO official cited by Deutsche Welle on April 3.
The official shared the figures during a closed-door briefing on the sidelines of the NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels.
“Russian forces are losing over 1,000 troops a day, killed or wounded,” the NATO representative said. He added that many of the wounded are now permanently disabled due to inadequate medical care provided by the Russian military.
Despite the soaring losses, the official noted that Moscow has so far managed to replenish its ranks. However, he emphasized that Russia’s advance in Ukraine is slowing down, even as the Kremlin continues to accept high casualties in exchange for what he described as “slow and costly” progress.
“Russian authorities remain willing to tolerate enormous losses for incremental gains,” he stated, adding that Russian society has yet to show widespread discontent over the scale of the military casualties.
Meanwhile, independent tracking of public obituaries and online records confirmed the names of more than 100,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine. Among them are 4,842 officers.
Regions most affected by these losses include Bashkortostan, which leads with 4,487 confirmed dead, followed closely by Tatarstan with 4,371, and Sverdlovsk region, which has recorded 3,446 deaths.
Earlier, reports emerged that based on satellite images of storage bases and repair factories, researchers concluded that the pace of Russian tank restoration has slowed by 3.5 to 4 times compared to 2022, making it insufficient to replace battlefield losses.
Researchers from the Resurgam platform and the Military Herald reported that by February 2025, 2,069 tanks were removed from open-type storage bases, and another 2,000 tanks from closed storage hangars.
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