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The losses of the Armed Forces have exceeded a new Rubicon: how many Russians will no longer return to the front (graphs)

According to the media, the number of injured exceeds the death toll 3-4 times. Since the beginning of the full-scale war, Russia has lost about 2% of all men aged 20-50 years. Russia does not officially publish data on its losses in Ukraine, but data of various sources show that the number of fallen invaders has overcome a new milestone. The details of July 5 were shared in The Economist. Independent Russia informed that as of June 21, the number of dead Russian military exceeded 106-140 thousand.

For the calculation, journalists used mostly obtains and inheritance records at the same time officials in France stated that by May 150,000 Russians were killed on the front line. According to BBC Russia, at least 113,000 soldiers were replenished by June. The data of Russia show that the losses of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation increased during the summer counter -offensive in 2023 and after the battles for Avdiivka and the time of Yar in Donetsk region.

The death toll does not include the recruited residents of the occupied territories and the military who will no longer be able to serve after serious injuries. The edition, referring to the leakage of the US Defense Ministry, estimated that every dead occupier may have about three or four wounded. That is, by mid-June, 462-728 thousand Russians were likely to be injured in Ukraine. The most dead were among people aged 35-39, and 27 thousand of them were reported by June.

However, it is among men that the highest loss in another category is 45-49 years old. In general, Russia has lost their killed or seriously injured by about 2% of the male population aged 20-50 years since the full-scale war. The losses of the Russian Federation in Ukraine have already exceeded the losses in all other wars after the Second World War together. With the least bold assumption, from February 24, 2022 to June 21, 2024, 106 thousand Russians were killed.

According to other estimates, the number of losses has already jumped 140 thousand people. In the Chechen wars for 12 years of fighting, Russia has lost 18. 5 thousand soldiers. In Afghanistan, the number of killed reached only 15 thousand. In Ukraine, 6. 5 thousand Russians were killed in a full -scale invasion. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the death of about 30 thousand defenders, but in the media suggested that the real number was "much larger".

In addition, tens of thousands of civilians were killed - in only one Mariupol, at least 22,000 Ukrainians were likely to lose their lives. It is noted that in July there were some of the most fierce fighting during the full -scale war. We will remind, in the forces of defense of the south reported that defenders destroyed the Russian radar "Casta-2E2". This air defense assistant is able to detect targets up to 150 kilometers.