'Die In Droves': 100,000 Russians Killed Or Wounded Trying To Take Pokrovsk This Year

The Russians are losing 1,000 troops a day

Dead Russians. Via Supernova Plus

According to captured Russian documents, nearly 87,000 Russian troops died between January and September this year as Russia’s wider war on Ukraine ground toward its fifth year. Another 160,000 were wounded, many badly—and 34,000 went missing, most of whom are probably dead.

That’s more 30,000 casualties a month, or 1,000 a day. Roughly in line with official Ukrainian estimates that some observers wrongly insisted were inflated.

Unsurprisingly, the three main field armies trying to capture the fortress city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine suffered the most. The Center Grouping of Forces—which oversees the 2nd, 41st and 51st Combined Arms Armies among other formations—lost around 104,000 men and likely a few women, at least 47,000 of whom are dead.

It’s unclear how many Ukrainian troops have died. Between February 2022 and June 2025, the Ukrainian armed forces have lost as many as 100,000 men and women killed in action, for a fatality rate of 2,500 a month.