Russia sees staggering jump in losses in a month, according to Kyiv figures

The number of Russian troops that Kyiv says has been "liquidated" has gradually increased from between 300 and 600 a day since early July to between 600 and 1,000 soldiers since early October. Since July, the lowest-recorded daily total was 320 on September 26 and while, on August 8, there was a high of 820. Most daily losses were in the region of 600. Newsweek could not as yet independently verify the figures. Estimates of casualty numbers vary, given the changing nature of the conflict.

However, in its update on Saturday, Ukraine said that Russia had faced losses of 830. This took the total over the course of the war that started on February 24, 2022 to 304,100. The grim milestone of 300,000 was reached earlier this week.