7 in California.Moscow also lost more soldiers in the first year of the war than in any other of its conflicts since World War II combined, Austin added. He said it has been losing at least 1,000 troops a day in recent months."Russia has paid a staggering price for (President Vladimir) Putin's folly. Russia has suffered at least 700,000 casualties since February 2022. It's squandered more than $200 billion," Austin said. These figures are close to those provided by the Ukrainian military, which estimated Moscow's losses at over 750,000 as of Dec. 9, including killed and wounded. Russia has not publicly disclosed its casualties, claiming only they are lower than the Ukrainian ones.Recently, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine had suffered 43,000 soldiers killed and 370,000 wounded.Ukraine has lost 43,000 soldiers in action since start of invasion, Zelensky saysThis figure contrasts a claim made earlier the same day on Dec.