A look at the how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has unfolded, by the numbers
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine four years ago launched Europe’s largest conflict since World War II. Great suffering experienced by civilians and hard ordeals for the soldiers as they rewrite Post-Cold War security order.
The struggle enters its fifth year on Tuesday and shows no signs of stopping anytime soon.
There is USA mediated conversations With delegations from Moscow and Kiev as part of the Trump administration’s one-year visit press for peace. But make peace main differencesIssues such as the future of Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories and Ukraine’s post-war security hindered progress.
Meanwhile, every country has thousands of soldiers. died on the battlefieldUkrainian civilians were beaten Russian air strikes The incident caused power outages and water outages that lasted for years.
Here is a look at the conflicts since the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, in numbers:
1.8 million
Upper limit of estimated number of soldiers killed, injured or missing On both sides, according to a report published last month by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank.
Russia is estimated to have suffered 1.2 million casualties between February 2022 and December 2025, including up to 325,000 troop deaths; of this figure, II. It is said to be the highest number of troop deaths in any conflict for any major power since World War II.
Russia has not released figures on battlefield deaths since January 2023, when it said more than 80 soldiers were killed in the Ukraine attack, putting the total number of military deaths confirmed by Moscow at just over 6,000.
CSIS estimates that Ukraine suffered 500,000 to 600,000 military casualties, including up to 140,000 deaths.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier this month that 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers had died in the war. Many said they were lost.
Neither Moscow nor Kyiv provides current data on military casualties. Independent verification is not possible.
14,999
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission’s tally of civilian deaths in Ukraine since Russia’s all-out invasion, but says this is likely an underestimate. A report published in December stated that more than 40,600 civilians were injured during the same period.
At least 763 children died in the war, according to the UN
Last year was the deadliest year for civilians in Ukraine since 2022. In conflicts, 2,514 civilians died and 12,142 people were injured in the country in 2025. This figure represents a 31% increase in civilian casualties compared to 2024.
19.4%
Percentage of Ukrainian territory occupied by Russia, according to the Institute for the Study of War.
Russia gained just 0.79% of Ukrainian territory in a grinding war of attrition over the past year, the Washington-based think tank said in calculations provided to The Associated Press earlier this month, underscoring the little progress Moscow’s forces have made despite huge costs in troops and armor.
Before the all-out Russian invasion, Ukrainian officials and Western analysts controlled about 7% of Ukraine, including Crimea and parts of the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, when Moscow-backed separatists were fighting the Ukrainian army.
13%
The percentage drop in foreign military aid to Kiev last year compared with the annual average between 2022 and 2024, according to Germany’s Kiel Institute, which tracks aid to Kiev.
US President Donald Trump stopped sending American weapons paid for by the US to Ukraine after taking office nearly a year ago. In the report published this month, the Institute stated that European countries, trying to close the gap, increased their military aid by 67 percent last year compared to the 2022-2024 period.
It was stated that foreign humanitarian and financial aid to Ukraine decreased by 5% last year compared to the average of the previous three years.
5.9 million
Number of Ukrainian civilians who left their country.
About 5.3 million of these people have sought refuge in Europe, according to a report released this month by the UN office in Ukraine.
In addition, according to the UN statement in December, approximately 3.7 million Ukrainians who were forcibly removed from their homes were moved to other parts of the country.
The pre-war population of Ukraine was more than 40 million.
2,851
Number of Russian attacks affecting medical care in Ukraine, according to the World Health Organization. The figure covers the period from the full-scale invasion until February 11.
The attacks included 2,347 attacks on healthcare facilities, as well as attacks that damaged vehicles and medical supply depots.
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