Before completion of four years of Ukraine war, Russia has made a sensational claim. The Russian Army claims that about 1.5 million Ukrainian soldiers have lost their lives in the last four years. Russia claims that in the last year i.e. 2025 alone, 5.20 lakh Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the battlefield.
Russian Army’s Operations Chief, Colonel-General Sergei Rudskoy has released figures regarding the losses suffered by Ukraine on the battlefield from February 2022 till now. On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a war against Ukraine, which is called Special Military Operations. The Russian Army claims that last year, more than 12 thousand cannons and mortars including 6700 tanks and combat vehicles of Ukraine were destroyed.
This has reduced in the last four years that Russia has presented the figures of killed Ukrainian soldiers. The Russian Army definitely shares information about Ukraine’s losses every day or every month on its official social media platforms.
On the other hand, the Ukrainian army shares the data of losses suffered by the Russian army every day. The Defense Ministry of Ukraine presents an account of the losses suffered by the Russian army over the last four years. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry adds daily losses to these figures.
The figures released on February 20 are very shocking
The figures of losses suffered by Russia in the battlefield presented by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry on Friday, February 20, are also extremely shocking. According to these figures, in the last four years i.e. from 24 February 2022 to 20 February 2026, more than 12 lakh (12,57,880) soldiers have lost their lives. In such a situation, if the claims of both Russia and Ukraine are combined, then more than 25.50 lakh soldiers have been killed in the battlefield in the last four years.
The Ukrainian Army claims that in the last four years, Russia has destroyed more than 11 thousand tanks (11,684), more than 26 thousand combat vehicles, more than 37 thousand artillery (cannons), 1.39 lakh drones and about 80 thousand (79,112) military vehicles, 29 warships, two (02) submarines, 435 aircraft and 347 helicopters. Went.
However, America and other European countries also do not believe much in these claims of Ukraine. But it is certain that the Russian Army has suffered significant losses in the last four years.
Unsuccessful efforts to stop Russia-Ukraine war
Countries like America, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye tried many times to stop the Russia-Ukraine war but failed. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky are adamant on their insistence, due to which the war is showing no sign of stopping. Due to the war, Ukraine has lost about 20 percent of its territory to Russia, including its entire Donbass province. Even after four years, the Russian army is continuously advancing towards the border of Ukraine. The civilian population of Ukraine has also suffered significant losses due to the war.
According to United Nations data, due to the war, 50-60 lakh people of Ukraine have had to take refuge in other countries of Europe and a large number of people have been displaced. Russia claims that the recruitment of soldiers in Ukraine has almost halved in four years, which means that Ukraine is now facing great difficulty in recruiting soldiers.
