Russia Suffers Record Troop Losses in One Day: Ukraine
Summary
Ukraine’s General Staff said Russian forces suffered 2,980 casualties—dead and wounded—in the 24 hours before its Monday update, which it described as the highest daily total of the war. The article notes that Ukraine’s casualty figures are claims by its military and compares them with estimates from leaked Russian data and independent projects; Russia has not published updated official loss figures since September 2022.Key Facts
- Ukraine said the previous one-day record was 2,500 Russian casualties, reported on November 2.
- Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces said drone units killed 281 Russian troops and wounded 520 on Sunday.
- Ukraine’s military reported 1,609,380 Russian casualties since February 24, 2022, including 400,410 so far that year.
- Two hacker groups cited by the article reported estimates of 393,881 and 450,100 Russian deaths based on data they said they obtained from Rosstat.
- A BBC News Russian Service and Mediazona database contained about 286,000 named Russian military deaths; the article says the database is thought to be incomplete.
- A Meduza and Mediazona study using inheritance registry data estimated about 350,000 Russian military deaths.
- The article said U.S.-led peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine were scheduled to begin in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
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