Around 120,000 Russian troops have been killed since the start of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion, averaging around 250 a day, according to independent Russian media outlets which have cited government data.
Since the start of the war on February 24, 2022, Ukraine’s defense ministry has given daily updates on Russian troop casualties, which as of Saturday, had reached 549,840.
Kyiv clarified last year that this daily figure included those both killed and wounded in battle, in estimates that used to differ markedly from other Western estimates. But in recent months figures have become more closely aligned.
For instance, Leo Docherty, former British minister of state for the Armed Forces, said in April the U.K. estimates Russian losses at over 450,000. A U.S. estimate in December put the total at 315,000, compared with Ukraine’s tally at the time of 340,650.
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