Russian Casualties Reach 1.39 Million in Ongoing Ukraine Conflict

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According to Ukraine’s General Staff, the Russian military has incurred approximately 1,394,530 personnel losses since the onset of its extensive invasion on February 24, 2022. The latest update from June 23 indicates that Russia experienced 1,390 casualties within the past 24 hours, alongside significant losses in military assets, including 12,050 tanks, 44,604 artillery pieces, and 368,015 drones. Kyiv refrains from disclosing its own casualties, citing the need for operational confidentiality. Estimates from independent sources like CSIS suggest that Russian losses far surpass those of Ukraine, highlighting the severe attrition characteristics of the conflict, with both factions heavily utilizing drones and artillery.

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00:00Russia's battlefield losses in Ukraine have reached another major milestone.

00:04Ukraine's general staff says Russian personnel losses now stand at 1,394,530

00:11since the full-scale invasion began on February 24, 2022.

00:16That figure includes 1,290 Russian casualties reported in just the past day.

00:22Kiev also says Moscow has lost 12,050 tanks,

00:27more than 2,480 armored combat vehicles, 44,604 artillery systems, and over 368,000 drones.

00:36Ukraine has not released its own military losses, citing operational secrecy,

00:41but the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies estimates

00:45Russian casualties are significantly higher than Ukraine's,

00:49with a ratio of roughly 2 to 1, or even 2.5 to 1.

00:53The numbers have not been independently verified in full,

00:57but they point to the same battlefield reality.

01:00This war remains a brutal fight of attrition.

01:03As drone strikes, artillery fire, and manpower pressure intensify,

01:07the casualty count is becoming one of the clearest measures of Russia's mounting cost.

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