With high casualty figures and the slow pace of Russia’s territorial gains, President Vladimir V. Putin could face years more of a grinding war of attrition in Ukraine.

Since the beginning of 2025, the Russian army has lost 200,000 troops in the war against Ukraine, according to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi. "200,000 is the total enemy loss since the beginning of this year.

The analysis group Oryx recorded that Russia has already lost more than 4,000 tanks in the war against Ukraine since the start of the large-scale attacks in February 2022.

MOSCOW/KYIV - Russia and Ukraine have shared blueprints for a peace deal that demonstrate how far apart the warring parties are. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Russia took weeks to present to Ukraine with a “memorandum” setting out its conditions for a ceasefire, as well as key guidelines for a comprehensive treaty to end the 3-year-old war