Russia sacrificed over 400,000 troops to seize less than 1% of Ukraine in 2024

Russia’s staggering casualties were higher than its combined losses in 2022-2023 in return for fields and abandoned villages

A Ukrainian soldier firing a Javelin anti-tank missile (Courtesy Ukraine Armed Forces)

Russia’s gradual, grinding advance in parts of Ukraine’s eastern region of Donetsk succeeded in wresting away 4,168 sq km of fields and abandoned villages in 2024 – equivalent to 0.69 percent of the country.

That was the assessment of the Institute for the Study of War…