Russian Blood and Treasure: The Ballooning Costs of Putin’s War ^13.2%

Center for Strategic and International Studies - By Seth G. Jones, Riley McCabe - 7/1/2026, 12:00 PM

Negativity Bias 28.9% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 13.8% - Hasty Generalization 10.8%

Russia has suffered approximately 1.4 million casualties and 450,000 fatalities in Ukraine for only marginal territorial gains, according to new CSIS data. In addition, Ukraine has conducted deep strikes into Russian territory, including with AI-enabled drones. Russia has lost the military initiative in Ukraine as costs continue to... more