General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Russia lost another thousand soldiers and over 50 artillery systems

Over the past 24 hours, May 25, Russia lost another 1,000 of its military killed and wounded, as well as dozens of pieces of equipment.

This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Ukrainian defense forces destroyed four Russian tanks, eight armored combat vehicles, 51 artillery systems, one multiple launch rocket system, two air defense systems, 264 operational-tactical drones and 53 cruise missiles, as well as 92 units of automotive equipment.

According to the General Staff, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Federation has lost more than 981,000 soldiers killed and wounded.

Ukraine and Russia rarely publish official figures on their war casualties. The last time Russia officially reported this was in September 2022, when it reported 5,937 deaths.

Ukraine updated its statistics on February 16, 2025: according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, 46,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed, and almost 380,000 more were wounded.

Regarding Russiaʼs losses, Zelensky said that as of February 4, Russia had lost almost 350,000 soldiers killed, another 50-70,000 were considered missing, and 600-700,000 were wounded.

As of the end of January, Russian media had collected the names of over 90,000 dead soldiers. The largest number of confirmed casualties was in Bashkortostan.

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