Russia has lost nearly half of the troops it mobilized in 2022 on the front lines
Of the approximately 300,000 Russians mobilized in the fall of 2022, slightly more than half remained on the front lines by mid-2025. This was reported by Janis Klug, an expert at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, who analyzed data from Russia’s federal budget.
According to his calculations, at the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023, there were about 293,000 mobilized soldiers on the front lines; in 2024, the number was 246,300; and 168,500 by mid-2025. If this trend continues, there may now be just over 100,000 left.
At the same time, the number of contract soldiers has been rising: from 230,400 in 2023 to 554,800 in 2025. This allowed Russia to increase the total number of troops on the front lines; however, according to Kluge’s assessment, the increase is significantly lower than the recruitment rate, indicating heavy losses.
According to his calculations, in 2025, “permanent losses” among contract soldiers reached 251,000.
At the same time, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) estimates Russia’s total losses from the start of the full-scale invasion through June 2026 at approximately 1.4 million military personnel killed, seriously wounded, and missing in action, of whom about 450,000 were killed.
This was reported by The Moscow Times.
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