Putin’s ‘disregard’ for troops highlighted as Russian losses approach 1 million, CSIS report shows

June 4, 2025

Russian military helicopters painted with the letter Z are seen flying behind a cemetery near a military airfield in the Rostov Oblast on July 26, 2022. (Stringer /AFP via Getty Images)

Russian military casualties in Ukraine are approaching 1 million and are likely to surpass that figure by summer 2025, according to a new report by the U.S.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) published on June 3.

The total number of military casualties on both sides is nearing 1.4 million, including approximately 400,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed or injured.

The think tank estimates that more than 950,000 Russian troops have been killed or wounded since the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Of those, as many as 250,000 have died on the battlefield — losses CSIS says underscore Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “blatant disregard” for his forces.

Despite its staggering losses, Russia continues to rely on mass wave assaults. According to CSIS, this approach has allowed Russian forces to capture less than 1% of Ukrainian territory since January 2024, often advancing by only 50 meters per day.

The cost in equipment has also been severe. According to the think tank, Russian losses across land, air, and sea domains have vastly outpaced Ukraine’s, with some battlefield loss ratios reaching 5:1.

https://kyivindependent.com/putins-disregard-for-troops-highlighted-as-russian-losses-approach-1-million-csis-report-shows

5 comments

  1. Many, many more … lots more russians must get killed every day. Masses of slaughtered roaches must litter the countryside. So many must die that you can walk for miles on their rotting corpses without touching the ground. Only a dead russian is a good russian.

  2. “According to CSIS, this approach has allowed Russian forces to capture less than 1% of Ukrainian territory since January 2024, often advancing by only 50 meters per day.”

    This is mafia land “winning” according to the trolls.

    • They’ve been reduced to cheering like girls for every row of bushes their cockroaches manage to capture. Of course, they ignore the row of dead corpses that were sacrificed for it.

      • Yes, that’s about what I also thought. Four houses, one barn, and three chicken coops qualifies as a town.

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