Russia’s October Casualty Toll Hits Record 54,400 As Ukraine Claims Gains On Battlefield

(File Image)Russia's October Casualty Toll Hits Record 54,400 As Ukraine Claims Gains On Battlefield

Kyiv: Russia recorded over 54,000 casualties in October, the highest monthly toll since the war began, as Moscow also lost further ground amid Kyiv's counteroffensive, according to Ukraine. The number of Russian troop casualties was around 8,170 higher than the previous month, The New York Times reported. "This is a record for any month of the full-scale war," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Telegram post. According to Zelenskyy, the Russian Army lost 2,250 personnel on October 21 alone.

According to a report by The Economist, Russia is estimated to have lost between 1.4 million and 2.1 million soldiers since it launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The media outlet estimates that between 374,000 and 770,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in combat so far, marking a significant rise from its May estimate of up to 518,000 fatalities.

The figures are broadly consistent with estimates published earlier this year by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the UK military, The New York Times reported.

The heavy losses have been attributed to Moscow's strategy of deploying successive waves of troops to…

Original source: https://www.timesnownews.com/world