https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62n922dnw7oOver the past 10 months, Russian losses in the war with Ukraine have been growing faster than any time since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022, BBC analysis suggests.As peace efforts intensified in 2025 under pressure from US President Donald Trump's administration, 40% more obituaries of soldiers were published in Russian sources compared with the previous year.Overall, the BBC has confirmed the names of almost 160,000 people killed fighting on Russia's side in Ukraine.BBC News Russian has been counting Russian war losses together with independent outlet Mediazona and a group of volunteers since February 2022. We keep a list of named individuals whose deaths we were able to confirm using official reports, newspapers, social media, and new memorials and graves.The real death toll is believed to be much higher, and military experts we have consulted believe our analysis of cemeteries, war memorials and obituaries might represent 45-65% of the total.That would put the number of Russian deaths at between 243,000 and 352,000.The number of obituaries for any given period is a preliminary estimate of the confirmed losses, as some need additional verification and will eventually be discarded. But it can indicate how the intensity of fighting is changing over time.2025 starts with a relatively low number of published obituaries in January, compared with the previous months. Then the number rises in February, when Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talked directly for the first time about ending the war in Ukraine.The next peak in August coincides with the two presidents meeting each other in Alaska, a diplomatic coup for Putin that was widely seen as an end to his international isolation.
No wonder putin's puppet trump wants to push for a false peace, the russian army is spent.
>>1469921>Over a hundred thousand dead, possibly two hundred thousand>God knows how many losses of equipment and vehicles, which were already scarce and outdated.>Taking the number of cassualties into account, the desertion rate shouldnt be too far behind, not to mention public support.I cant even imagine whats keeping the russian army together, must be some real heavy-duty stuff
>>1469934Nothing is. You'll notice that their offensive has completely stalled. They're just sitting there because the men have no leadership and no morale. Same thing on the ukrainian side. The war is effectively over, but they're still killing each other over nothing.
>>1469934Typically KIA's make up 10% of total casualties, which would mean theres at least 1 million wounded Russians and god knows how many more missing.
>>1469921>putin's puppet trumpThe same puppet that blew up Russians in Syria?
>>1469934The best part is russia under reports their deaths because it means they don't need to compensate the soldier's families.Exactly what trump will do when he starts his major war.
>>1469937>The war is effectively over, but they're still killing each other over nothing.Well the Russians are. Ukranians are doing it to survive.
>>1469937>Same thing on the ukrainian sidePretty much all reporting confirms the Ukrainian side still has relatively high morale. The population doesn't want peace.War won't be over until Russia gives up and fucks off. Which they're gonna have to do soon cause their economy is in free fall.>https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2150936/putin-economy-industry-ukraine-war-russia>However, the hardest-hit sectors were those manufacturing vehicles and agricultural machinery. Production of cars plummeted by 34%, trucks by 43%, tractors by 61% and buses by 28%.>https://fortune.com/2025/12/27/russian-banking-crisis-nonpayments-loan-default-ukraine-war-talks/>But more recently, energy prices have slumped while Europe and the U.S. have tightened sanctions. Oil and gas revenue has tumbled 22% in the first 11 months of the year, and Reuters estimated that December proceeds are on pace to sink nearly 50%.>To cover the shortfall in energy revenue, Moscow has tapped its sovereign wealth fund. But that is running out now too, so the government has resorted to raising more revenue via tax hikes.
>>1469934They're being held together by Russian culture. They are a fatalistic people, so browbeaten by centuries of misery that they just accept whatever the fuck's being sent their way. The one thing they won't accept is losing a war, because to a Russian a lost war is tantamount to heresy.
>>1469948Afghanistan? The first Chechen War?
>>1469949The failure in Afghanistan directly contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
>Two more weeks Ukraiggers still coping and no amount of NATO propaganda will change that. Place your bets on when Zelenskike flees to Israel
>>1469959Zigger
Russia has only lost 1 million men. That's baby numbers for them. It's not a proper war until they lose more than 30 million people.
>>1470090Russia was already having a population crisis before the war. Losing over 1 million working age men as casualties is catastrophic for Russia's future
>>1470173You think Russians care about the future?
>>1470174I think Russians do care about their future, but Putin doesn't care about the future of Russians
>>1470176Putin understands that if he can't take a victory back to his people, he's done for. That's why he keeps doubling down. There's no good withdrawal and the people are whipped up into war frenzy. Even if the fervor dies down, it'll still be an ugly pull out, so it's likely that even if Putin is replaced with someone who thinks the war is dumb and illegal, they'll keep it up, much like America did with Afghanistan.
>>1470178It's difficult to say how much Russians actually support the war because it's illegal and dangerous for them to publicly express dissent
>>1470178The definition of what counts as a victory has changed much since the war started all those years ago.
>>1469921>Ukraine should keep forcing men to die because men are nothing but disposable pawnsAre you a feminist or just a simp?
>>1470373why do you want everyone to know you're a russia shill? it can't possibly help your goal
>>1470373Worse. He's a Canadian jeet being paid by a jew to shill
>>1470393Many such cases
