Putin's Invasion Has Cost Him 1.7 Million Workers

Economists have warned that Russia's economic growth, which has been boosted by high government spending on the military, will be hampered by a growing shortage of workers, with the knock-on effects of higher wages driving up inflation.

Independent Russian news outlet Novaya Gazeta Europe said its analysis found that between 860,000 and 1.08 million Russian military personnel had been sent to war in the first two years of the invasion. This included professional soldiers and those drafted in the partial mobilization announced by Putin in September 2022.

Estimates of Russian battlefield losses vary, with The Economist reporting this month between 462,000 and 728,000 Russian soldiers had been seriously injured in the war and between 110,000 and 150,000 killed. As of Saturday, Ukraine's estimate of Russian casualties, which includes both those killed and injured, had reached 565,610.
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