Russian losses alone exceeded 700,000 killed and wounded, intelligence reports suggest.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has estimated the losses in the Russian-Ukrainian war, which began in February 2022, at more than one million casualties on both sides, including those killed and wounded.

Speaking in Brussels recently, Rutte highlighted the immense human toll of the conflict.

"Every week, more than 10,000 (people) are killed or wounded on all sides in Ukraine. Over a million casualties since February 2022,” Rutte stated, noting that Russia’s losses alone have reached 700,000, including both dead and injured.

"The situation on the front is changing slowly and at a very high cost for the Russians. They have already lost 700,000 people (dead) and wounded. This month is a record for the number of Russian losses," he specified.

Rutte also criticized the delayed response of NATO allies to Russian aggression and warned that the Alliance was unprepared for the challenges it could face from Russia in the future, urging a shift to a wartime posture with significantly increased defense spending.

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However, Rutte’s figures differ from British intelligence data. The United Kingdom’s Deputy Defence Minister Luke Pollard claimed that the Russian invaders had lost 768,000 troops so far and this number could exceed one million within the next six months.

Ukrainian military reports put the Russian losses at record highs in November and December, with a daily loss of 2,030 troops in November, marking the highest daily loss since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. Russian losses exceeded 45,000 troops and $3 billion worth of equipment in November alone.

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski recently provided updated figures about Ukraine’s losses, noting that since the start of the war, 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed, and 370,000 have been wounded. According to Zelenski, Russian losses exceed 750,000, with 198,000 killed and more than 550,000 wounded.

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