War in Ukraine: 1,523 deaths per day, millions of soldiers mobilized… the impressive figures of the conflict at the start of 2025

Despite the holidays, the fighting has not abated between Ukraine and Russia, and neither have the victims. We take stock of the war figures at the beginning of this year.

In just over a month, the war between Ukraine and Russia will enter its third year. Tensions between Vladimir Putin and the rest of the world continue to rise, as do the number of victims in this conflict. However, these figures remain difficult to verify due to the propaganda of both countries.

Larger armies

The escalation has been noticeable for several months, particularly with the strengthened ties between Pyongyang and Moscow, and the sending of North Korean soldiers alongside the Russian army. For its part, Ukraine is said to have nearly a million soldiers in its ranks.

“The Ukrainian army is the largest in Europe. The second place after us (France) is four times smaller than us. I think the French have about 200,000. We have 980,000“, President Volodymyr Zelensky recently indicated in an interview with American podcaster Lex Fridman relayed by the Kyiv Independent.

Moscow also has the ambition to expand its ranks for this year 2025, bringing it to 1.5 million, according to the Ukrainian media, but it is struggling to recruit new ones.

November, a deadly month

As for the number of victims (dead and wounded) is difficult to quantify and verify. Nevertheless, the British Ministry of Defense regularly gives figures. At the end of the year, the On December 30, it indicated that the casualties amounted to nearly 760,000 killed and wounded.

The British Ministry of Defense also adds that November was the deadliest month since the start of the war, with an average of 1,523 casualties per day.

In 2025, the conflict should take a new turn, with negotiations between kyiv and Moscow, but also the arrival of Donald Trump at the White House, who had assured that he could put an end to the conflict in 24 hours.