March 30, 2023

400 Days


400 Days
Damaged apartment buildings, Tostlivka, Kharkiv.
Oleg Totskyi (Dreamstime)

On this, the 400th Day of Russia's War on Ukraine, we gather and share some telling data.


Number of miles from the Russian frontline to the center of Kiev on day 3 of the war: 19

Number of miles now: 140

Estimated length of the current frontline: 321 miles (517km)

Value of most recent allotment of US military equipment to Ukraine: $400 mn

Total amount of security aid the US has sent to Ukraine: $32.8 bn

Total additional US financial and humanitarian aid sent: $26.5 bn

Estimated number of former convicts in Russian fighting forces: 40,000

Percent of current fighting force this represents: 80%

Estimated cost of Ukraine's post-war rebuilding: $411 bn

Total estimated damage to Ukraine's infrastructure: $138 bn

Number of Ukrainian children killed by the war: 464

...wounded: 937

Minimum number of Ukrainian orphans deported to Russia: 4,390

Total civilian deaths from the war: 8,401

Estimated Russian military deaths: 40-60,000

Estimated Ukrainian military deaths: 13,000

Estimated casualty rate of Russia's Wagner Group fighters: 50%

Number of cultural sites in Ukraine destroyed by the war: 150+

Number of attacks on health facilities and workers: 700+

Total border crossings out of Ukraine since the war began: 19.72 mn

Total number of suspected war crimes reported: 71,905

Estimated current number of internally displaced Ukrainians: 5.4 mn

Estimated area of Ukraine currently occupied by Russia: 13%

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