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Two Million and Counting: CSIS Tallies a War Without Modern Parallel
A new Center for Strategic and International Studies study says more than 2 million Russian and Ukrainian troops have been killed or wounded since February 2022, with Russia absorbing roughly 1.4 million of those casualties.
Що було відомо спочатку
- Combined Russian and Ukrainian military casualties since February 2022 have crossed 2 million, per CSIS.
- Russian troop fatalities are estimated at as many as 450,000, the heaviest toll of any major power since WWII.
- Russia accounts for roughly 1.4 million of the combined casualties — killed, wounded, or missing.
- Russian fatalities are more than four times all U.S. military deaths in conflicts since WWII combined.
- One outlet's reading of the same CSIS data puts combined deaths at up to 600,000; sources disagree on the fatality band.
Тоді ще відкрите
- Any verified range for Ukrainian troop fatalities broken out from the combined figure.
- Whether the 2 million figure accounts for prisoners of war, civilians killed in military roles, or only fielded combat troops.
- How the CSIS methodology reconciles its Russian estimate with the lower figures previously published by independent Russian outlets.
За чим ми обіцяли стежити
- Whether Ukrainian, Western, or Russian official bodies publish their own tallies that allow cross-checking of the CSIS band.
- Whether the report's assessment of stalled Russian offensive progress is borne out by the next round of front-line mapping.
