Ukraine's armed forces lost almost 1,000,000 personnel (killed and wounded) between February 2022 and 16 December 2024.
Unresolvable Claimed by Ministry of Defence of Russia on 16 December 2024.
The statement
At an expanded meeting of the Russian defence ministry board attended by President Putin, Defence Minister Andrei Belousov said Ukraine's armed forces had lost almost one million people since the start of what Russia calls its special military operation.
- Origin of the claim EADaily
Verdict history
| When | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 18:00 UTC | Open | Unresolvable | Open 12 months after it was said (2024-12-16) with nothing in the record to settle it. The record holds no independent count of Ukrainian military killed and wounded to December 2024 that matches the scope of Andrei Belousov's figure. |
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The War Record, claim cl-20261027-5y75, revision 2, https://thewarrecord.com/claims/cl-20261027-5y75/