The Russia-Ukraine war has lasted for more than 1,418 days, and the combined military casualties on both sides are now approaching 1.8 million, according to figures cited in the source material.
A January report from CSIS puts Russian military casualties at about 1.2 million, including roughly 325,000 deaths. Ukrainian military casualties are estimated at 500,000 to 600,000, with around 140,000 killed. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had publicly acknowledged 55,000 deaths, but the material says Western intelligence assessments place the real number much higher. For civilians, the United Nations has recorded 15,168 deaths and 41,534 injuries, while also saying the true toll is likely much higher. That figure includes 763 children killed.
More than 19,000 Ukrainian children reportedly taken from occupied areas
One of the starkest figures in the report concerns children. It says more than 19,000 Ukrainian children have been forcibly taken or transferred by Russia from occupied territories. So far, only 1,238 have been returned, leaving the return rate below 6.5%. Some were placed with foster families in different parts of Russia, and some cases involved changes in identity and citizenship registration.
Displacement remains severe. Before the war, Ukraine had a population of more than 40 million. Four years later, 5.9 million people had fled the country as refugees, including 5.3 million in Europe, while another 3.7 million were internally displaced. The material says roughly one-third of the population has been forced from home.
War spending and reconstruction costs keep rising
Russia's military spending in 2024 reached $149 billion, equal to about $209 million per hour. Ukraine's direct economic losses have climbed to $195 billion, with the daily cost of war averaging $172 million. About 14% of the country's housing stock has been destroyed or damaged, affecting more than 3 million households. The material also cites 2,881 attacks affecting medical facilities, while attacks on the healthcare system in 2025 rose 20% from the previous year.
The World Bank's latest estimate puts Ukraine's reconstruction needs over the next decade at $588 billion. Of that total, transport infrastructure accounts for $96 billion, the energy system $91 billion, and housing $90 billion. Combined military, economic, and humanitarian aid to Ukraine has exceeded €400 billion, or about $430 billion. The United States has committed around $128 billion, and the European Union as a whole about $124 billion. The source also says foreign military aid in 2025 fell 13% versus the average of the prior three years, while European support rose 67% to offset lower US assistance.
Russia controls 19.4% of Ukrainian territory after four years of war
Before the full-scale invasion in 2022, Russia already controlled about 7% of Ukraine, including Crimea and parts of Donbas. After four years of full war, that share stands at 19.4%, a net increase of about 12.4 percentage points. The material also notes that in March 2022, Russian forces had briefly controlled 26% of Ukrainian territory before Ukraine retook part of that ground.
For 2025 alone, Russian advances amounted to just 0.79% of additional territory, according to the source. It uses that figure to describe a grinding war of attrition that continues to consume people and money while leaving the front line only marginally changed. The article notes that some casualty figures vary because different institutions use different counting methods, and cites CSIS, the United Nations, the World Bank, Al Jazeera, and PBS among its data sources.