Ukraine’s armed forces have claimed that 109,720 Russian troops have been killed since the start of the war.
Ukraine has claimed there has been a big spike in Russian casualties over the Christmas and New Year period.
In an update on Thursday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that 109,720 Russian personnel had been killed since the start of the invasion on February 24, 2022. This figure included 810 Russian personnel reportedly killed in the 24 hours preceding the update.
On December 21, the six-figure milestone was reached, according to Kyiv, after 660 Russian troops had been killed—taking the death toll from 99,740 to 100,400. Ukraine’s estimates put the death toll of Russian personnel at 9,980 over the last fortnight.
At the end of December, Ukraine said that 10,000 Russian troops had been killed each month since February 2022 when Vladimir Putin started the war.
