| Title: | Fact Check: Trump Says Russia Has Lost 1.5 Million Troops In Ukraine War |
| URL: | https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-trump-russia-ukraine-war-losses-troops-2030104 |
| Publisher: | Newsweek |
| Date published: | February 14, 2025 |
| Description: | There are no estimates that 1.5 million Russian soldiers have been killed and wounded since Russia invaded Ukraine. Recent analyses suggest manpower losses of around 780,000 as of early January 2025. Ukrainian government estimates from February 2025 claim 850,000 Russian troop losses. While the Ukrainian government is thought to have overcounted Russian losses and undercounted its own, some of its recent assessments have been similar to those by government and expert analyses outside of Kyiv. An independent analyst told Newsweek that Trump’s estimate of Russian losses had “no basis in reality.” |
Fact Check: Trump Says Russia Has Lost 1.5 Million Troops In Ukraine War
There are no estimates that 1.5 million Russian soldiers have been killed and wounded since Russia invaded Ukraine. Recent analyses suggest manpower losses of around 780,000 as of early January 2025. Ukrainian government estimates from February 2025 claim 850,000 Russian troop losses. While the Ukrainian government is thought to have overcounted Russian losses and undercounted its own, some of its recent assessments have been similar to those by government and expert analyses outside of Kyiv.
An independent analyst told Newsweek that Trump's estimate of Russian losses had "no basis in reality."
