The data presented by Ukrainian intelligence cover the period from November 2024 to July 2025 and refer to units of the Central Military District (one of the five military districts of the Russian army). There are also cases of desertion with weapons in their possession.
Why do soldiers desert?
The reasons for leaving military service are, first of all, extremely unfavorable conditions in military units (including the phenomenon of the so-called wave, in Russia referred to as dyedovshchyna – mistreatment of older soldiers against younger ones), shortages of equipment and the so-called meat assaults during which the Russian army suffers heavy losses.
According to statistics published on Saturday by the Ukrainian General Staff, Russian losses since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine amounted to 1,129,180 soldiers (killed, wounded, missing, prisoners), of which 1,150 in the last 24 hours
Intelligence reports. Huge losses for the Russians
British military intelligence shows that the number of Russian soldiers killed or wounded in the war with Ukraine this month is rising steadily, topping 1,000 a day every day.
The latest intelligence update shows that probably from the beginning of 2025 around 332,000. Russians were killed or wounded in battles with Ukrainian forces. Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, their number has exceeded 1,118,000.
Citing a report by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, British intelligence reports that the average daily number of Russian victims in September 2025 was 950. According to British analysts, “this represents a moderate increase compared to the average daily number of victims in August.”
