Record losses for Russia. “The bloodiest 10 months since the beginning of the invasion”

The number of Russians killed on the front in the last 10 months is the highest since the Kremlin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to an analysis by the British BBC station and the Russian website Mediazona. Compared to 2024, Russia posted 40 percent more. more obituaries of soldiers.

The BBC confirmed the identities of around 160,000. people who died fighting on the side of Russia in Ukraine from the beginning of the full-scale conflict. Military experts warn that this number may be from 45 to 65 percent. actual number of fatalities. Then it would mean that 243,000 people died. up to 352 thousand Russians.

The British station did not provide a specific number regarding the record death rate of military personnel from Russia over the past 10 months.

According to estimates, in 2024, 15 percent. the fallen Russian soldiers were volunteers. This year, the percentage was 33%.

The BBC quoted the words of the deputy chairman of the Russian National Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, who announced that by October this year, 336,000 had enlisted in the army. people, i.e. well over 30 thousand. monthly. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte later said that about 25,000 people were killed every month. Russian soldiers.

“If both are right, Russia is still recruiting more soldiers than it is losing,” the station emphasized.

The editors of this medium reported that the annual contract for a new Russian recruit may amount to a maximum of 10 million rubles, or approximately PLN 128,000. dollars. All contracts signed with the Russian Ministry of Defense since September 2022 are automatically extended until the end of the war.

According to NATO the total number of Russians killed and wounded in the war in Ukraine is 1.1 million. One official estimated the death toll at around 250,000. – reported the BBC.

The Ukrainian side also suffers losses. President of Ukraine Volodymyr In February 2025, Zelensky estimated the number of soldiers killed at 46,000 and those wounded at the front at 380,000. He added then that tens of thousands of other people were missing in missions or were in Russian captivity.

According to BBC analyses, the number of deaths among Ukrainian soldiers is currently 140,000.

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the BBC, Mediazona and a group of volunteers have been compiling a list of Russian war victims, analyzing official reports, media reports and information on social networks, as well as taking into account the appearance of new monuments and tombstones.

From London Marta Zabłocka (PAP)

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