Moscow has sustained around 550,000 casualties in Ukraine since February 2022, the U.K.'s Chief of Defense Staff said on Tuesday.
It could take Russia years to seize control of the four annexed regions of eastern mainland Ukraine it has laid claim to, and it would likely cost Moscow up to 1.8 million casualties to do so, the head of the British Army has said.
Although it is very difficult to pinpoint accurate casualty figures, Ukraine's military indicates Russia's highest casualty counts have come in recent months as its forces bear down on Ukraine's defenses in the east, while also launching a cross-border push into the northeastern Kharkiv region.Moscow is waging what is known as a war of attrition and experts say the Kremlin hopes to outlast Ukraine's defenses.
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