Casualty Rates For Putin's Troops Reach Staggering New High, UK Says
The UK’s ministry of defence (MoD) said in its latest update on X (formerly Twitter) that 429,660 Russian army personnel were killed or wounded in 2024 during the conflict.That’s approaching double the amount of casualties (252,940) recorded in 2023 by the Ukrainian General Staff reporting.
That means Russia is estimated to have suffered more than 790,000 casualties since the war began.
“December 2024 was likely the most costly month of the war for Russia with a total of 48,670 casualties reported by the Ukraine General Staff,” the MoD said – around 3,000 more than were recorded in November.
It added: “December was the sixth straight month that Russian Forces have suffered an increase in monthly total losses.”