Ukraine's battlefield toll tracker: Nearly 150,000 Russian forces killed in eastern Ukraine in 2025
Photo: Ukrainian military reveal Russia's losses this year in eastern Ukraine (Getty Images)
Since the beginning of the year until June 1, Russian forces in eastern Ukraine have suffered significant losses in personnel and equipment. The military released monthly statistics showing the scale of Russia's losses, informs Nazar Voloshyn, spokesperson of Khortytsia Operational-Strategic Group.
In the operational zone under the responsibility of Khortytsia Operational-Strategic Group in eastern Ukraine, from January 1 to June 1, Russian combat losses in personnel amount to nearly 146,000 soldiers. More precisely, 145,675 personnel.
At the same time, it is known that since the start of this year, Russia has lost:
- Tanks: 1,016 units
- Troop-carrying AFVs: 1,862 units
- Artillery and mortars: 4,994 units
- Multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS): 115 units
- Heavy flamethrower systems: 19 units
- Motor vehicles: 12,412 units
- Special equipment: 6,647 units
- Aircraft: 1 unit
- Helicopters: 1 unit
Defense Forces units are using all means to turn Russian tanks, weapons, and armored vehicles into burnt-out scrap metal.
Monthly losses of the enemy in 2025
Voloshin detailed the monthly losses of Russian forces in the operational zone of responsibility of Khortytsia Operational-Strategic Group in eastern Ukraine from January 1 to June 1.
January:
- Personnel: 35,431
- Tanks: 178
- Armored combat vehicles: 459
- Artillery and mortars: 657
- Multiple launch rocket systems: 9
- Motor vehicles: 2,009
- Special equipment: 1,172
February:
- Personnel: 25,081
- Tanks: 294
- Armored combat vehicles: 427
- Artillery and mortars: 1,003
- Multiple launch rocket systems: 31
- Heavy flamethrower systems: 4
- Motor vehicles: 2,341
- Special equipment: 1,220
March:
- Personnel: 30,302
- Tanks: 234
- Armored combat vehicles: 449
- Artillery and mortars: 1,226
- Multiple launch rocket systems: 33
- Heavy flamethrower systems: 3
- Motor vehicles: 2,423
- Special equipment: 1,455
April:
- Personnel: 27,489
- Tanks: 197
- Armored combat vehicles: 342
- Artillery and mortars: 1,157
- Multiple launch rocket systems: 21
- Heavy flamethrower systems: 7
- Motor vehicles: 2,912
- Special equipment: 1,542
May:
- Personnel: 27,372
- Tanks: 113
- Armored combat vehicles: 185
- Artillery and mortars: 951
- Multiple launch rocket systems: 21
- Heavy flamethrower systems: 5
- Motor vehicles: 2,720
- Special equipment: 1,258
Russian losses in the war
Overall, total combat losses of Russian forces since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine until June 1, 2025, amount to about 988,560 personnel.
On May 31 alone, Russian losses exceeded 1,200 personnel.
Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed five tanks, four armored combat vehicles, 52 artillery systems, one multiple launch rocket system, 151 operational-tactical level drones, three missiles, 127 motor vehicles, and one unit of special enemy equipment.
