Estimates by the UK’s minister for the armed forces say 450,000 Russian military personnel have been killed or wounded in Ukraine.
Leo Docherty told the UK Defence Journal that in addition to those killed, tens of thousands of people have deserted the Russian military since the start of the war in February 2022.
He said he did not know the number of personnel that were killed serving in Russian private military companies like the Wagner Group.
Turning his attention to estimates on weapons, Mr Docherty said over 10,000 Russian armoured vehicles, including nearly 3,000 main battle tanks, 109 fixed wing aircraft, 136 helicopters, 346 unmanned aerial vehicles, 23 naval vessels of all classes, and over 1,500 artillery systems have been destroyed, abandoned or captured by Ukraine in over two years.
