Law, Power, and Justice

www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/briefing/ukraine-war-casualties-air-force-one.html

A new study found that more than two million Russian and Ukrainian troops have been killed or wounded since Russia invaded four years ago. It’s a bleak accounting of a war that continues to grind on.

The count is according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which uses data from the American and British governments because both Ukraine and Russia are known to shield their true casualty counts.

The study found that Russia, which sent many more troops to the battlefield, has borne the heavier toll: Ukraine has suffered 125,000 to 150,000 deaths, while about 450,000 Russian troops have been killed. Russia’s toll is roughly four times the number of U.S. fatalities in all conflicts combined since World War II.

Recently, Ukraine has ramped up its attacks. “Russia is facing, by far, its darkest period of the war,” wrote one of the authors of the study, which found that it lost more territorial control in Ukraine than it gained this spring.