More than 54,000 Russian troops were killed and heavily wounded in October, the most since the full-scale invasion began almost five years ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday. Ukraine uses drone footage to document casualty numbers, which have now exceeded Russia’s monthly recruitment rate.

European government assessments shared with Bloomberg show similar figures, with the proportion of troops killed also at a record.

For the second month running, Kyiv’s forces have also managed to regain more territory than Russia was able to seize, according to the Institute for the Study of War. Moscow’s troops are even losing territory in the key eastern Donbas region, which Vladimir Putin wants to control in full.

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[–] lokalhorst@feddit.org 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Fifty four thousand, let that number sink in. And meanwhile Putin makes his way back to the diplomatic stage with the help of the US. Why does Donald Trump like losers so much? Well, I have an idea...

[–] i078@europe.pub 8 points 1 week ago

At this point I’m honestly afraid of a scenario I can’t say I like. Some people might be very happy of war continuing, and support whom ever seems to be losing…

[–] DaveyRocket@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Trump thinks his own troops are stupid losers, he has zero problem with Russian soldiers dying, though 10 grand he doesn’t even know anything about this.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago

That's completely insane.

I hope they'll top it next month!

Slava Ukraine!!!