Russia lost more than 50,000 troops in September, Bloomberg reports.

Russia lost more than 50,000 troops in September, Bloomberg reports.

Russian forces suffered more than 50,000 casualties in September, including more than 28,000 Russian soldiers killed in action, a NATO official told Bloomberg on Oct. 11.

Causing heavy manpower loss has become a stated strategic goal of Ukraine. In January, then-Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said Ukraine aimed to "kill 50,000 Russians a month," arguing that losses on that scale could undermine Moscow's ability to sustain the war.