Overview

• Ukrainian forces reported 35,010 Russian casualties in April, including killed and wounded personnel, according to the Ukrainian General Staff.
• In the same month, Ukraine destroyed or disabled 1,560 Russian artillery systems, 217 tanks, and 484 armored vehicles, further depleting Russian resources.
• Russian forces captured 68 square miles of Ukrainian territory in April at the cost of 36,600 casualties and 4,800 lost vehicles, highlighting the conflict's attritional nature.
• Russia has expanded its troop numbers to 600,000, recruiting 30,000 soldiers monthly and dedicating 40% of its government budget to defense expenditures.
• Analysts estimate that at the current pace of advance and losses, full Russian occupation of Ukraine would take centuries and result in catastrophic casualties.