NATO Estimates Russian Army’s Monthly Casualties at 20,000–25,000 Killed

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated that the Russian army is losing between 20,000 and 25,000 soldiers killed every month in the war against Ukraine.

He explained that these losses are directly caused by the strong and effective defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as reported in the Clash Report.

Rutte emphasized that these numbers refer specifically to Russian soldiers killed, not those who are wounded or temporarily out of action.

He compared Russia’s current losses to the war in Afghanistan in the 1980s, where the Soviet Union lost about 20,000 soldiers over ten years.

At the current rate, Russia is losing that same number of soldiers in less than one month.

According to the NATO Secretary General, such a scale of losses is unacceptable even from Russia’s own perspective.

Rutte made this statement during the Global Europe conference, which focused on security issues and the war in Ukraine.

NATO’s assessment confirms that the offensive capabilities of the Russian military are systematically being depleted under the pressure of Ukraine’s defense.

Previously, the Russians increased the number of their troops on the Pokrovsk sector to 155,000.