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Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov stated today that Ukrainian forces have eliminated 35,000 Russian soldiers in December 2025 alone, a record figure verified and confirmed by video, according to Ukrainian sources.
After a meeting of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine in Brussels, Fedorov stressed that Kiev is aiming to increase Russian losses to at least 50,000 troops per month, to make Russian aggression a "price they cannot afford to pay."
" We are turning Russian aggression into a price they cannot afford to pay ," Fedorov wrote on social media, adding that every loss has been verified and confirmed with video.
Convening the UDCG meeting. The President set a clear task for the MoD of Ukraine: build a system to stop the enemy across all domains — air, land, and sea — and strike the aggressor's economy asymmetrically. Our goal is to make the cost of this war unbearable for Russia. ????????
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) February 12, 2026
He described this as part of the strategy set by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: to create a system that stops the enemy in all areas, air, land and sea, and to strike the Russian economy asymmetrically, making war unaffordable for the Kremlin.
The minister stressed that air defense remains Ukraine's number one priority at present, a point that has been repeatedly reiterated by President Zelensky and the military leadership. According to Fedorov, the expansion of air defense systems, coupled with increasing Russian losses and economic pressure, will force Russia to seek peace through force.
The figure of 35,000 casualties in December is double the monthly average calculated by NATO for 2025, and comes at a time when Russian losses in January 2026 are said to have exceeded the number of new recruits that Russia is managing to mobilize. This suggests that Ukraine’s strategy of attrition is bearing fruit, even as Russia continues to maintain the pace of mobilization without announcing new massive waves.
Moscow has not officially commented on the latest figures, but has repeatedly accused Kiev and the West of “propaganda.” This stance reflects a more aggressive approach by Ukraine after Fedorov’s appointment as defense minister in January 2026, with a focus on increasing the cost of the war for Russia as a means of forcing a peaceful solution.
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