According to a recent report from the UK Ministry of Defence, November 2024 registered the highest number of Russian casualties in the ongoing conflict, marking it as the most devastating month thus far.
In a December 5th post on X, the UK Ministry of Defence reported that November 2024 was likely “the most costly month of the war for Russia.”
The average Russian daily number of soldiers killed or wounded throughout November reached a staggeringly high figure of 1,523, which was a new record in the conflict for Moscow.
“This is the third straight month that Russian Forces have sustained new war high average daily losses,” the defence ministry’s report explained.
According to loss figures from the Ukrainian General Staff quoted by the UK Defence Ministry, Moscow suffered a total of 45,680 casualties in November.
In October, the previous most costly month for Moscow, Russian casualties totaled 41,980, a figure resoundingly beaten by the Kremlin’s November casualties.
“November was the fifth straight month that Russian Forces have suffered an increase in monthly total losses,” the defense ministry report added. However, this outcome isn’t a surprise.
On November 29th, Russia reached a terrible new casualty milestone. For the first time since Putin ordered the full-sale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian forces lost over 2,000 troops in a single day.
According to casualty figures published by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, in the 24-hour period between November 28th and 29th, Russia lost 2,030 military personnel in Ukraine. This pushed Russian single-day losses to a new all-time high.