“Britain’s MoD predicts Russia will continue to suffer high casualties for the rest of the year as it continues to attack on several fronts”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
The average daily rate of casualties in October was 1,354 people per day, according to the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This is the second month in a row that Russian troops have experienced new average daily losses for the war. Average daily losses for the first 12 days of November 2024 amount to 1,498 people, the report says.
“Over the past month, Russia has increased the pace of offensive operations, most likely trying to increase pressure on Ukrainian positions, seeking to push back Ukrainian forces on several fronts, including Kursk, east of the Oskil River, Toretsk, Pokrovsk, and Vugledar,” the post said.
Britain’s MoD suggests that Russia is likely to continue to suffer high casualties for the rest of the year, continuing attacks on several fronts throughout the winter.
Russia and Ukraine give almost no information about their losses in the war. Moscow officially last named the number of people killed in September 2022 – then 5,937 people died. Kyiv did not do this for a long time, saying that the data would be disclosed after the war.
On February 25, 2024, for the first time since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced the number of dead Ukrainian soldiers: 31 thousand. At the same time, Zelenskyi said that he cannot disclose how many Ukrainian soldiers are wounded and missing. Also, according to his data, Russia’s losses amounted to 180,000 servicemen killed, and up to 500,000 wounded and dead.
British intelligence said on September 17 that Russian losses since the beginning of the invasion were estimated at more than 610,000 people killed and wounded.