Russia’s 2025 Summer Offensive: Ukraine Claims Heavy Losses, Limited Gains, and Attrition Warfare
The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russia’s spring-summer offensive of 2025 concluded without achieving significant territorial gains, with Russian forces failing to capture any major Ukrainian cities. During the offensive, Ukrainian forces inflicted heavy losses on the invading army, resulting in nearly 210,000 Russian casualties and the destruction of thousands of military equipment units. The General Staff dismissed Russian claims of territorial control and successful strikes as attempts to mask setbacks and misrepresent the situation, as Russia’s overall losses since the start of the year exceed 291,000 killed and wounded.
John Q. Hosedrinker