Russia has suffered more than 250,000 military deaths and a total of over 900,000 killed, wounded, or incapacitated personnel since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a senior NATO official said during a closed-door briefing in Brussels, according to Deutsche Welle on April 3.
The figures were presented on the sidelines of the NATO foreign ministers meeting.
According to the official, Russian forces are currently losing over 1,000 troops per day, either killed or wounded.
A significant number of the wounded are reported to be permanently disabled due to limited access to adequate medical care within the Russian military system.
Despite the high number of casualties, the NATO source stated that Russia has managed to replenish its military ranks, allowing its forces to continue operations in Ukraine.
However, the official described Russian advances as “slow and costly,” emphasizing that Moscow is accepting heavy losses in exchange for only limited territorial gains.
“Russian authorities remain willing to tolerate enormous losses for incremental gains,” the official noted, adding that there is no widespread unrest in Russian society over the scale of military casualties.
Independent Data Confirms Over 100,000 Dead Soldiers
Independent analysis based on public obituaries and online records has confirmed the names of over 100,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine, including 4,842 officers.
The regions most affected by these losses include:
Bashkortostan: 4,487 confirmed dead
Tatarstan: 4,371
Sverdlovsk region: 3,446
Russian Armored Losses and Repair Capacity Decline
In addition to personnel losses, Russian armored vehicle restoration efforts have reportedly slowed.
Using satellite imagery of military storage bases and repair facilities, researchers observed that the pace of tank recovery in 2025 is 3.5 to 4 times slower than it was in 2022.
Research teams from the Resurgam platform and Military Herald reported that by February 2025, the Russian military had withdrawn 2,069 tanks from open-air storage, and approximately 2,000 tanks from closed storage hangars.
This rate is not sufficient to match battlefield losses, according to the researchers.
