Category: War in Ukraine

Rubio Says Russia Is Bleeding 5,000 Troops Every Week in Ukraine

Jul 23, 2026 16:57

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Authors: Vlad Litnarovych
News Writer

The graves of those killed in Ukraine at the military site of the Southern Cemetery, located on the southern outskirts of St. Petersburg, September 21, 2023. (Source: Getty Images)

Russia is losing more than 5,000 troops killed each week in its war of aggression against Ukraine, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, according to The Guardian on July 23.

Rubio said Washington had received new information about the course of the war that pointed to an extraordinarily high level of battlefield deaths.

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He suggested it could be one of the only wars in history in which the number of troops killed in combat exceeds the number wounded.

For President Donald Trump, Rubio said, the central objective was “that people stop dying, that people stop being slaughtered.”

He added that Trump wanted Ukraine to be able to “go on and live in peace,” allowing Ukrainians to return home and rebuild, while ensuring that “young Russians aren’t being killed at the tune of 5,000 a week in the battlefield.”

Rubio also acknowledged the severe cost Ukraine continues to bear, including military casualties, civilian deaths, and repeated Russian strikes on Kyiv and other cities.

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He said both sides should have an incentive to end the war, while stressing that the Trump administration remained involved in efforts to find a possible path toward an agreement.

According to Rubio, Washington is continuing to search for possible compromises and remains actively engaged in efforts to bring the fighting to an end.

Previously, Russia’s National Guard, Rosgvardia, proposed updating its civil defense protocols to include preparations for threats during mobilization, martial law, and wartime for the first time, amending a 2018 order to align with a 2025 law.

The draft regulation comes as Western intelligence and defense assessments estimate Russian casualties in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine have reached around 1.4 million killed and wounded by mid-year, amid reports of possible autumn mobilization efforts that rumors suggest could involve up to 1.2 million people.

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