Putin May Have Admitted to Over 360,000 Russian Troop Losses in Ukraine

New U.S. intelligence estimate suggests the war has cost Russia close to 90 percent of its prewar combat power.

• Russian President Vladimir Putin may have admitted to losing over 360,000 troops in the war with Ukraine, according to Russian military analyst Ian Matveev.
• The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine claimed that Russia had lost 342,800 troops since the invasion began in February 2022.
• A leaked declassified U.S. intelligence document revealed that Russia had 315,000 troop casualties.
• Kyiv reported that Russian forces lost more than 1,300 soldiers and a dozen artillery systems in the past 24 hours.
• A new U.S. intelligence estimate suggests that the war in Ukraine has cost Russia close to 90 percent of its prewar combat power.

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