February 22, 2026

War is Hell


War is Hell

Statistics from the four years of Russia's horrific War on Ukraine that deserve to be better known.

 

Estimated total military expenditures by Russia over four years of war:

$360,000,000,000

(SIPRI and Defence24)

By Ukraine (including foreign aid): $170,000,000,000
(SIPRI and The World Bank)

Minimum number of Russian military deaths discovered through a name-by-name project: 177,433
(Mediazona)

Ukraine’s officially reported number of soldiers killed since February 2022: 55,000.
(BBC)

Minimum number of Ukrainian civilians killed in the war: 15,000.
(OHCHR Ukraine)

Minimum number of civilians injured: 41,000.
(OHCHR Ukraine)

Minimum number of persons displaced inside Ukraine: 3,700,000.
(UNHCR via AP News)

Minimum number of Ukrainian refugees abroad: 6,000,000.
(UNHCR via AP News)

Estimated total direct physical damage Russia has inflicted on Ukraine: $176,000,000,000.
(World Bank)

Estimated costs of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine over the next decade: $524,000,000,000.
(World Bank)

Minimum percentage of Ukraine’s housing stock that has been damaged or destroyed: 13.
(World Bank)

Number of households this represents: 2,500,000.
(World Bank)

Estimated square km of land contaminated by mines and explosive remnants of war: 130,000.
(UNDP)

Mimimum number of Ukrainian cultural sites that have been damaged: 519.
(UNESCO)

Minimum percentage of Ukraine’s power generation capacity damaged: 60.
(UNDP)

One estimate of the minimum number of children “illegally taken” from Ukraine: 35,000.
(Yale Project, via Reuters)

Children in Ukraine’s official “Children of War” registry, citing the number of children “deported and/or forcibly displaced”: 20,000.
(Children of War portal)

 

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