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| strength2  = 800,000<ref>Typically, when looking at Russian troop strength numbers, only half are actual combat forces. The other half is logistic support.</ref>

| strength2  = 800,000<ref>Typically, when looking at Russian troop strength numbers, only half are actual combat forces. The other half is logistic support.</ref>

| casualties1 = 1,700,000 KIA as of 10/1/2025<ref>https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-82225-peace-talks-unravel</ref><ref>https://robcampbell.substack.com/i/156862509/ukrainian-dead</ref><ref>per Whisper of the Front https://t.me/AussieCossack/29202</ref><ref>337,000 KIA est 10/17/24; https://mskvremya.ru/article/2023/1520-poteri-ukrainy-za-vremya-spetsoperatsii Casualty rate. KIA are estimated as half the casualty rate.</ref><ref>400,000 KIA ''per'' the ''Kyiv Star'', September 5, 2023,</ref><ref>[https://winepressnews.com/2023/09/05/ukraine-has-lost-at-least-400000-troops-in-its-war-with-russia-as-casualties-mount/]</ref><ref>https://hurseda.net/gundem/246987-iddia-mossad-a-gore-ukrayna-ve-rusya-kayiplari.html</ref><ref>[https://www.bitchute.com/video/6yI8oWL4gRTY/ UKRAINIAN VS. RUSSIAN LOSS RATIO], February 1st, 2023. "According to unofficial data circulating online, AFU Chief Valery Zaluzhny reported to the Pentagon and NATO on the number of losses of Ukrainian servicemen. According to the Ukrainian command, the AFU has lost a total of 232,000 killed since the start of the special operation."  [[Stratfor]] goes for 305,000 killed.</ref><ref>https://news.yahoo.com/von-der-leyen-statement-death-163600213.html</ref><ref>393,000 per Russian Ministry of Defense, December 19, 2023.<br>https://sputnikglobe.com/20231219/ukraine-lost-383000-soldiers-since-start-of-the-special-op--shoigu--1115677303.html#:</ref><br>83,000 MIA<ref>(includes victims of illegal [[organ harvesting]]); earlier estimates varied between 51,000-54,000 MIA. Official MIA listings can be used by the Kyiv regime to avoid paying death benefits to family survivors.</ref><ref>https://s2.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/AFU-1-768x432.jpg</ref><ref>https://imetatronink.substack.com/p/ride-across-the-river</ref><ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/03/the_uss_march_of_folly_in_ukraine.html The US’s March of Folly in Ukraine], By Jared Peterson, ''American Thinker'',  March 10, 2023.</ref><ref>https://tass.com/world/1705481</ref><br>Deserters 400,000<ref>https://ground.news/article/nearly-400-000-have-deserted-ukrainian-army-mp</ref> <br>244,500 injured est;<br><ref>data collected from Moonofalabama 04-02-23</ref><ref>NetEase of China estimates 110,000 KIA and 500,000-680,000 casualties as of January 18, 2023. https://avia.pro/news/poteri-ukrainy-v-konflikte-s-rossiey-dostigli-680-tysyach-chelovek</ref><ref>200,000 may never have existed.  Some may have been exaggerated or fake numbers on paper in order to scam the United States and NATO out of money for aid. https://www.vikendi.net/2022/06/08/us-general-surprised-200000-ukrainian-soldiers-disappeared/</ref><ref>https://reseauinternational.net/fuites-de-donnees-sur-larmee-ukrainienne-plus-de-191-000-tues-et-blesses-et-20-000-disparus/</ref><ref>[https://www.bitchute.com/video/EC4lFWqC5sBq/ General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Krivonos announced on a live broadcast that Ukraine is suffering monstrous losses, numbering in the hundreds of thousands.];<br>60,000 - 100,000+ KIA estimated as of Sept. 17, 2022;<br>estimates 76,600 KIA as of July 1, 2022 according to the Russian MOD. [https://youtu.be/BU8nXCJoPFM?t=240];<br>Other estimates, using the mercenary casualty rate of 28% since Feb. 24, 2022, range as high as 62,500+;<br>MOD estimate 62,000 as of Sept. 20, 2022.</ref><br><ref>495,520 ''per'' Dima, [https://youtu.be/6b5jylKPmgM?t=1141 Military Summary] channel [[YouTube]], 4-23-24.</ref><br>10,000 Polish NATO mercenaries;<ref>https://www.voiceofeurope.com/recorded-polish-casualties-in-ukrainian-conflict-exceed-10000/</ref><br>234 NATO instructors KIA<br>(US and UK),<br>13,000 foreign and NATO soldiers KIA est. 3/14/24 (United States, France, Germany, Lithuania, etc.,<br>of which 1,427 Polish, 466 US, and 344 UK nationals.<ref>https://www.gospanews.net/en/tag/foreign_fighters/</ref> 3,600 Polish casualties),<ref>https://dziennik-polityczny.com/2022/11/23/niechlubny-koniec-najemnicy-ktorzy-zgineli-na-ukrainie-zostana-pochowani-w-amerykanskich-grobach/</ref><br>5,360 NATO/Ukraine mercenaries.<br>17,230 POWs.<ref>as of 04-02-23; at least 6,500 in Russian custody and 2,500 in DPR & LPR custody in early 2023 before POW exchanges.</ref>

| casualties1 = 1,700,000 KIA as of 10/1/2025<ref>https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-82225-peace-talks-unravel</ref><ref>https://robcampbell.substack.com/i/156862509/ukrainian-dead</ref><ref>per Whisper of the Front https://t.me/AussieCossack/29202</ref><ref>337,000 KIA est 10/17/24; https://mskvremya.ru/article/2023/1520-poteri-ukrainy-za-vremya-spetsoperatsii Casualty rate. KIA are estimated as half the casualty rate.</ref><ref>400,000 KIA ''per'' the ''Kyiv Star'', September 5, 2023,</ref><ref>[https://winepressnews.com/2023/09/05/ukraine-has-lost-at-least-400000-troops-in-its-war-with-russia-as-casualties-mount/]</ref><ref>https://hurseda.net/gundem/246987-iddia-mossad-a-gore-ukrayna-ve-rusya-kayiplari.html</ref><ref>[https://www.bitchute.com/video/6yI8oWL4gRTY/ UKRAINIAN VS. RUSSIAN LOSS RATIO], February 1st, 2023. "According to unofficial data circulating online, AFU Chief Valery Zaluzhny reported to the Pentagon and NATO on the number of losses of Ukrainian servicemen. According to the Ukrainian command, the AFU has lost a total of 232,000 killed since the start of the special operation."  [[Stratfor]] goes for 305,000 killed.</ref><ref>https://news.yahoo.com/von-der-leyen-statement-death-163600213.html</ref><ref>393,000 per Russian Ministry of Defense, December 19, 2023.<br>https://sputnikglobe.com/20231219/ukraine-lost-383000-soldiers-since-start-of-the-special-op--shoigu--1115677303.html#:</ref><br>83,000 MIA<ref>(includes victims of illegal [[organ harvesting]]); earlier estimates varied between 51,000-54,000 MIA. Official MIA listings can be used by the Kyiv regime to avoid paying death benefits to family survivors.</ref><ref>https://s2.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/AFU-1-768x432.jpg</ref><ref>https://imetatronink.substack.com/p/ride-across-the-river</ref><ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/03/the_uss_march_of_folly_in_ukraine.html The US’s March of Folly in Ukraine], By Jared Peterson, ''American Thinker'',  March 10, 2023.</ref><ref>https://tass.com/world/1705481</ref><br>Deserters 400,000<ref>https://ground.news/article/nearly-400-000-have-deserted-ukrainian-army-mp</ref> <br>244,500 injured est;<br><ref>data collected from Moonofalabama 04-02-23</ref><ref>NetEase of China estimates 110,000 KIA and 500,000-680,000 casualties as of January 18, 2023. https://avia.pro/news/poteri-ukrainy-v-konflikte-s-rossiey-dostigli-680-tysyach-chelovek</ref><ref>200,000 may never have existed.  Some may have been exaggerated or fake numbers on paper in order to scam the United States and NATO out of money for aid. https://www.vikendi.net/2022/06/08/us-general-surprised-200000-ukrainian-soldiers-disappeared/</ref><ref>https://reseauinternational.net/fuites-de-donnees-sur-larmee-ukrainienne-plus-de-191-000-tues-et-blesses-et-20-000-disparus/</ref><ref>[https://www.bitchute.com/video/EC4lFWqC5sBq/ General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Krivonos announced on a live broadcast that Ukraine is suffering monstrous losses, numbering in the hundreds of thousands.];<br>60,000 - 100,000+ KIA estimated as of Sept. 17, 2022;<br>estimates 76,600 KIA as of July 1, 2022 according to the Russian MOD. [https://youtu.be/BU8nXCJoPFM?t=240];<br>Other estimates, using the mercenary casualty rate of 28% since Feb. 24, 2022, range as high as 62,500+;<br>MOD estimate 62,000 as of Sept. 20, 2022.</ref><br><ref>495,520 ''per'' Dima, [https://youtu.be/6b5jylKPmgM?t=1141 Military Summary] channel [[YouTube]], 4-23-24.</ref><br>10,000 Polish NATO mercenaries;<ref>https://www.voiceofeurope.com/recorded-polish-casualties-in-ukrainian-conflict-exceed-10000/</ref><br>234 NATO instructors KIA<br>(US and UK),<br>13,000 foreign and NATO soldiers KIA est. 3/14/24 (United States, France, Germany, Lithuania, etc.,<br>of which 1,427 Polish, 466 US, and 344 UK nationals.<ref>https://www.gospanews.net/en/tag/foreign_fighters/</ref> 3,600 Polish casualties),<ref>https://dziennik-polityczny.com/2022/11/23/niechlubny-koniec-najemnicy-ktorzy-zgineli-na-ukrainie-zostana-pochowani-w-amerykanskich-grobach/</ref><br>5,360 NATO/Ukraine mercenaries.<br>17,230 POWs.<ref>as of 04-02-23; at least 6,500 in Russian custody and 2,500 in DPR & LPR custody in early 2023 before POW exchanges.</ref>

| casualties2 =360,000 est 5/2026<br><ref>130,150 9/24/22 - Mediazona https://en.zona.media/article/2025/09/12/casualties_eng-trl</ref><ref>https://en.zona.media/article/2025/04/25/casualties_eng-trl</ref><ref>94,000 KIA est 2/22/25<br>https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/11/casualties_eng</ref><ref>Mediazona Sept 8, 2023. https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/11/casualties_eng</ref><ref>40,000 as of August 22, 2023. https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/20/casualties_eng</ref><ref>18,480 KIA. 11970 deaths from the Russian Federation from February 24, 2022, to December 31, 2022, not counting the Wagner group, LPR and DNR. https://youtu.be/EJ8i6Jix5uw?t=567</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/B4M581RgpKc</ref><ref>does not include DNR, LPR, and Wagner Group which have borne the brunt of the fighting.</ref><br>200,000 injured est;<br> 323 POWs<ref>[https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/02/ukraine-open-thread-2023-31.html?cid=6a00d8341c640e53ef02b68524e2a3200b#comment-6a00d8341c640e53ef02b68524e2a3200b MoA], 04-02-23</ref>}}

| casualties2 = 227,700 as of June 19, 2026. This is the running total of individual Russian military deaths that Mediazona, BBC News Russian, and a team of volunteers have confirmed.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-ny-times-lies-about-russian-and-ukrainian-casualties/</ref><br><ref>130,150 9/24/22 - Mediazona https://en.zona.media/article/2025/09/12/casualties_eng-trl</ref><ref>https://en.zona.media/article/2025/04/25/casualties_eng-trl</ref><ref>94,000 KIA est 2/22/25<br>https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/11/casualties_eng</ref><ref>Mediazona Sept 8, 2023. https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/11/casualties_eng</ref><ref>40,000 as of August 22, 2023. https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/20/casualties_eng</ref><ref>18,480 KIA. 11970 deaths from the Russian Federation from February 24, 2022, to December 31, 2022, not counting the Wagner group, LPR and DNR. https://youtu.be/EJ8i6Jix5uw?t=567</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/B4M581RgpKc</ref><ref>does not include DNR, LPR, and Wagner Group which have borne the brunt of the fighting.</ref><br>200,000 injured est;<br> 323 POWs<ref>[https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/02/ukraine-open-thread-2023-31.html?cid=6a00d8341c640e53ef02b68524e2a3200b#comment-6a00d8341c640e53ef02b68524e2a3200b MoA], 04-02-23</ref>}}

The '''NATO war in Ukraine''', sometimes known as the '''Russia–Ukraine civil conflict''' is a [[proxy war]] started by the [[United States]] in 2014 with the violent overthrow of the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of [[Ukraine]]<ref>https://mronline.org/2022/04/09/the-u-s-proxy-war-in-ukraine/</ref> in collaboration with [[neo-Nazi]] traitors to the Ukrainian nation.<ref>https://youtu.be/5SBo0akeDMY</ref>  The newly installed [[Maidan puppet regime]] immediately began a campaign of unprovoked aggression against the civilians of [[Donbas]].

The '''NATO war in Ukraine''', sometimes known as the '''Russia–Ukraine civil conflict''' is a [[proxy war]] started by the [[United States]] in 2014 with the violent overthrow of the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of [[Ukraine]]<ref>https://mronline.org/2022/04/09/the-u-s-proxy-war-in-ukraine/</ref> in collaboration with [[neo-Nazi]] traitors to the Ukrainian nation.<ref>https://youtu.be/5SBo0akeDMY</ref>  The newly installed [[Maidan puppet regime]] immediately began a campaign of unprovoked aggression against the civilians of [[Donbas]].