54 thousand people a month. Russia's losses in the war in Ukraine set a new record October ended for the Russian army in Ukraine with a new record in the number of dead and wounded. Russian soldiers lost a total of 54,000 people, reports Bloomberg, citing European intelligence data. The number of dead and wounded - 54,400 per month - was announced by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on Sunday. The European authorities have similar data, Bloomberg emphasizes. At the same time, the share of the dead in the losses also reached a peak. On average, the generals of the General Staff of the Russian Federation, to whom the Kremlin assigns the task of conquering the Donbass at any cost, lost 12,000 men a week, more than 1,700 a day and more than 70 an hour, according to Bloomberg data. Despite this, the Russian army ended October with net territorial losses, this is the second month in a row - about 160 square kilometers, according to estimates by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW). In September, the territory under the control of the Russian army also decreased - by 80.8 square kilometers. Since the beginning of the year, from January to October, the Russian armed forces have occupied less than 1,000 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory, which is almost 3.5 times less than what was achieved in the same period in 2025, according to data from the Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState. The Russian command had to sacrifice a thousand soldiers for every new square kilometer of Ukrainian land, estimates Bloomberg intelligence analyst Alex Kokcherov: "Russia's potential on the battlefield will probably remain weak until the end of 2026. Although Moscow is increasing the pressure on Ukraine through airstrikes." More details.

54 thousand people a month. Russia's losses in the war in Ukraine set a new record October ended for the Russian army in Ukraine with a new record in the number of dead and wounded. Russian soldiers lost a total of 54,000 people, reports Bloomberg, citing European intelligence data. The number of dead and wounded - 54,400 per month - was announced by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on Sunday. The European authorities have similar data, Bloomberg emphasizes. At the same time, the share of the dead in the losses also reached a peak. On average, the generals of the General Staff of the Russian Federation, to whom the Kremlin assigns the task of conquering the Donbass at any cost, lost 12,000 men a week, more than 1,700 a day and more than 70 an hour, according to Bloomberg data. Despite this, the Russian army ended October with net territorial losses, this is the second month in a row - about 160 square kilometers, according to estimates by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW). In September, the territory under the control of the Russian army also decreased - by 80.8 square kilometers. Since the beginning of the year, from January to October, the Russian armed forces have occupied less than 1,000 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory, which is almost 3.5 times less than what was achieved in the same period in 2025, according to data from the Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState. The Russian command had to sacrifice a thousand soldiers for every new square kilometer of Ukrainian land, estimates Bloomberg intelligence analyst Alex Kokcherov: "Russia's potential on the battlefield will probably remain weak until the end of 2026. Although Moscow is increasing the pressure on Ukraine through airstrikes." More details.