4 Years Into Russia's Full-scale Invasion Of Ukraine, A Look At The War By The Numbers

Russia’s penetration of Ukraine 4 years agone launched Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II, causing immense suffering for civilians and harrowing ordeals for soldiers while rewriting nan post-Cold War information order.

The fighting enters its 5th twelvemonth connected Tuesday, and it shows nary signs of stopping anytime soon.

The U.S. has brokered talks pinch delegations from Moscow and Kyiv arsenic portion of nan Trump administration’s yearlong push for peace. But reconciling cardinal differences, specified arsenic nan early of Russian-occupied Ukrainian onshore and postwar information for Ukraine, has thwarted progress.

Meanwhile, thousands of each countries’ troops person died connected nan battlefield, and Ukrainian civilians person been battered by Russian aerial strikes that person brought years of powerfulness outages and h2o cuts.

Here’s a look astatine nan conflict, by nan numbers, since nan full-scale penetration connected Feb. 24, 2022.

1.8 million

The precocious extremity of nan estimated number of soldiers killed, wounded aliases missing connected some sides, according to a study past period by nan Center for Strategic and International Studies, a deliberation tank.

It estimated that Russia suffered 1.2 cardinal casualties, including up to 325,000 unit deaths, betwixt February 2022 and December 2025 — what it said was nan largest number of unit deaths for immoderate awesome powerfulness successful immoderate conflict since World War II.

Russia has not released figures connected battlefield deaths since January 2023, erstwhile it said much than 80 soldiers were killed successful a Ukrainian strike, bringing nan full subject deaths Moscow has confirmed to conscionable complete 6,000.

CSIS estimated that Ukraine has seen 500,000 to 600,000 subject casualties, including up to 140,000 deaths.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier this period that 55,000 Ukrainian troops person died successful nan war. Many are missing, he said.

Neither Moscow nor Kyiv gives timely information connected subject losses. Independent verification is not possible.

14,999

The U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission’s count for civilian deaths successful Ukraine since Russia’s all-out invasion, though it says that is apt an underestimate. More than 40,600 civilians were injured complete nan aforesaid period, it said successful a December report.

The warfare has killed astatine slightest 763 children, according to nan U.N.

Last twelvemonth was nan deadliest for civilians successful Ukraine since 2022. The conflict killed 2,514 civilians and injured 12,142 successful nan state successful 2025 — a 31% summation successful civilian casualties complete 2024, it said.

19.4%

The percent of Ukrainian onshore occupied by Russia, according to nan Institute for nan Study of War.

Over nan past year, Russia has gained conscionable 0.79% of Ukraine’s territory successful nan grinding warfare of attrition, nan Washington-based deliberation vessel said successful calculations provided earlier this period to The Associated Press, underscoring nan small advancement Moscow’s forces person made contempt immense costs successful troops and armor.

Before Russia’s all-out invasion, it controlled astir 7% of Ukraine, including Crimea and parts of nan Donetsk and Luhansk regions successful nan east, arsenic Moscow-backed separatists fought nan Ukrainian army, according to Ukrainian officials and Western analysts.

13%

The percent driblet successful overseas subject assistance to Kyiv past twelvemonth compared pinch nan yearly mean betwixt 2022 and 2024, according to Germany’s Kiel Institute, which tracks assistance to Kyiv.

President Trump stopped sending American weapons paid for by nan U.S. to Ukraine aft he took agency conscionable complete a twelvemonth ago. European countries, striving to dress up nan difference, accrued their subject assistance past twelvemonth by 67% compared pinch nan 2022-2024 period, nan institute said successful a study this month.

Foreign humanitarian and financial assistance to Ukraine fell by 5% past twelvemonth successful comparison pinch nan mean successful nan erstwhile 3 years, it said.

5.9 million

The number of Ukrainian civilians who person near their country.

Some 5.3 cardinal of those group person recovered refuge successful Europe, according to a study this period from nan U.N. agency successful Ukraine.

Additionally, astir 3.7 cardinal Ukrainians forced retired of their homes person moved elsewhere wrong nan country, nan U.N. said successful December.

Ukraine’s prewar organization was much than 40 million.

2,881

The number of Russian attacks that affected nan proviso of aesculapian attraction successful Ukraine since nan full-scale invasion, according to a study from nan World Health Organization connected Monday.

There was a astir 20% summation successful specified attacks past twelvemonth compared pinch 2024, nan U.N. agency said.

A study earlier successful nan period from nan WHO documented astatine slightest 2,347 strikes connected wellness attraction facilities, successful summation to others that damaged vehicles and nan retention of aesculapian supplies.