The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence estimated that Moscow has lost up to 250,000 soldiers in the course of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Standard reported that, if accurate, the current death toll would be Russia’s “largest losses since the Second World War,” citing an intelligence briefing from the British defense agency.
The Russian Armed Forces have “likely” sustained overall casualties of 900,000, including killed and wounded, since invading Ukraine in 2022, according to the ministry. Of that figure, it is “likely” that between 200,000 and 250,000 Russian soldiers have been killed.
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