Russia may have lost up to 1 percent of its male population in battles since the war against Ukraine began.
Modern.az reports that "The Economist" wrote about this in its analysis.
According to the last population census of 2020–2021, more than 68 million men lived in Russia, and this figure indicates that losses could exceed 680,000 people.
According to the magazine's calculations, total losses, that is, the number of killed and wounded, range from 1 million to 1.35 million. This figure is even higher than the number of killed and wounded soldiers of the United States in World War II.
According to data from the "Institute for the Study of War" (ISW) center, the Russian army has captured 4562 square kilometers of territory in Ukraine since the beginning of 2025, which is 22 percent more compared to 2024. In that year, Russian forces gained control over 3734 square kilometers.
However, "The Economist" notes that despite certain successes in some directions, particularly advances in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad zone, and intensified attacks in the Kupyansk and Zaporizhzhia directions, Russia is unable to increase its overall offensive tempo. In the last three years, Russia has additionally occupied only 1.45 percent of Ukrainian territory, and approximately the same number of people live in those regions as before the war.
Furthermore, during this period, no major city has come under Russian control. Even Pokrovsk, for which fierce battles have been ongoing for approximately 1.5 years, was only Ukraine's 73rd largest city and had a pre-war population of 61,000 people. The city has still not been fully taken under control by the Russian army.
