Nearly 1 million Russian troops have been killed or wounded in the war in Ukraine, according to a study released yesterday. Roughly 400,000 Ukrainian troops were also estimated to have been killed or wounded, bringing the total casualties of the three-year conflict to a staggering 1.4 million.

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It also roughly chimes with attempts by Russian independent media, such as Meduza and Mediazona, to count the bodies. By this time last year, Meduza reckoned that 106,000-140,000 Russian soldiers had died.

The following is the May 28, 2025 Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Russian Military Performance and Outlook. From the report Despite the advantages of a larger recruitment base and defense industrial capacity,

Despite the scale of its losses, Russia has seized less than 1 percent of additional Ukrainian territory since January 2024 and now controls about 20 percent of Ukraine in total. The CSIS study notes that Russian forces are advancing in some areas at a rate of only 165 feet per day—slower than some of the most infamous battles of World War I.

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine are gathered in Turkey for their second round of direct peace talks in just over two weeks, although expectations were low for any significant progress on ending the 3-year-old war.

The Security Service of Ukraine conducted a large-scale operation targeting four Russian military airfields on Sunday, an SBU source confirmed.

North Korea has sent soldiers and millions of munitions, including missiles and rockets, to Russia over the past year, according to a new report by an international watchdog, which details the extent to which Pyongyang has helped Moscow “terrorize” Ukraine’s population over its three-year war.