Ukraine has claimed that Russia has lost 66,280 troops since the start of the war, although other estimates puts the figure at much lower.
has suffered huge losses of troops, which in part has spurred his partial mobilization that aims to replenish Russian forces with 300,000 reservists.
Russian losses on the battlefield in Ukraine alone are thought to be so considerable in number, that some observers are comparing them in scale to the combined death toll for American forces in various conflicts across multiple decades.Russian servicemen fire a projectile as they take part in the 'Vostok-2022' military exercises on Sakhalin Island on September 4, 2022. Ukraine said on October 20, 2022 that 66,650 Russian troops had been killed in the invasion of Ukraine.
Quoting recent figures from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the user said that it was a"critical enough milestone" to reflect that Russia had lost 66,280 fighters since the war started on February 24. "The bottom line is that as of 13 hours ago, Russia was 88 killed in action away from surpassing all U.S. combat deaths since 1962..... combined," the user said in the post which sparked a lively thread discussion.Every day, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces posts updates of its gains—and Russia's losses—in the war, including the latest death toll of Russian troops, as well as information about other combat losses, such as tanks, artillery systems, and aircraft.
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