September takes devastating toll on Russia with highest average daily war losses recorded – British intelligence

In September of this year, the Russian Federation experienced its most significant losses in Ukraine. On average, 1,271 Russian troops were either killed or injured per day.

The British intelligence press service reports that.

Based on information provided by British intelligence, the number has exceeded the previous record high of 1,262 daily casualties in May 2024.

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the total losses of Russia, according to estimates, have exceeded 648 thousand people.

British intelligence noted that the increase in the number of casualties is associated with the expansion of the combat zone, including operations in the Kharkiv and Kursk regions, and with an increase in the intensity of fighting at the front.

Russian troops continue to seek to stretch Ukraine's forces, using their numerical advantage to break through the defense and achieve tactical successes.

It is expected that even in the winter when conditions usually make conducting hostilities difficult, the Russian army's losses will remain high—about 1,000 people per day.

Despite the winter weather, the casualty rate has remained the same as Russia continues to employ mass attack tactics instead of maneuver warfare, which is more suited to favorable conditions.

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It should be noted that, according to the General Staff of Ukraine's armed forces, the Russian army lost 1,160 servicemen in the last day. In addition, Ukrainian forces destroyed 14 tanks, 31 units of armored vehicles, 64 artillery systems, and seven rocket salvo systems.

Furthermore, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the Russian military command's strategy of sacrificing significant losses of armored vehicles in exchange for limited tactical gains will become increasingly costly, as their stocks of Soviet-era weapons and equipment are limited.

It is worth adding that Moscow plans to continue replenishing the ranks of the occupiers. Recently, in Britain, it was predicted that in 2024, the Russian authorities, to compensate for significant losses in the war against Ukraine, wanted to attract about 400 thousand contract servicemen to their army.

Putin stated that he plans to enlist 500,000 Russian citizens in the battle against Ukraine by the end of the year, with 617,000 already actively involved.