Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has lost approximately 1.3 million people, with about 350,000 of them killed. This was announced on February 11 during a briefing at NATO headquarters in Brussels by a senior alliance official.

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According to the official, in 2025 alone, the Russian army lost nearly 400,000 people killed and wounded. NATO also noted the unusually high ratio of killed to wounded among Russian military personnel.

The alliance representative described the proportion of killed as "disproportionately high" and linked it to the characteristics of combat operations—widespread use of drones, low levels of medical care on the battlefield, and tactics involving significant human losses.

The official did not provide comparable data on Ukrainian army losses but noted that in total, over 2.2 million people have been killed or wounded in the conflict.

According to NATO estimates, there are currently about 700,000 Russian military personnel and about 400,000 Ukrainian military personnel on the front line.

"A ratio of seven to four is certainly not ideal, but it is far from the traditional three to one needed for a major offensive," stated the alliance representative.

He also acknowledged that Ukraine faces difficulties in mobilization and personnel retention, while Russia still has large human resources.

Another senior official reported that it took Russian forces over 20 months to advance less than 50 kilometers—from Bakhmut to Pokrovsk. According to him, this amounts to less than 100 meters per day with losses of about 300,000 people killed and wounded.

NATO does not expect a collapse of the front line in the Donetsk region for at least the next year and a half. However, the alliance representative clarified that this does not imply a forecast of Russia capturing these territories within that timeframe but reflects the limitations of longer-term forecasting.

Source: https://kun.uz/ru/news/2026/02/12/v-nato-otsenili-poteri-rossii-v-voyne-s-ukrainoy