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According to the UK Chief of Defence Staff, the number of casualties last month was the highest since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022.
The head of Britain’s armed forces said on Sunday that Russian troops had just experienced their worst month in terms of casualties since the start of the war with Ukraine nearly three years ago.
In October, UK Chief of the Defence Staff Tony Radakin told the BBC that approximately 1,500 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded every day on average.
Although Russia does not disclose the exact number of its war dead, Radakin claimed that the death toll from last month was the highest since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022.
He continued by saying, “Russia is about to suffer 700,000 people killed or wounded — the enormous pain and suffering that the Russian nation is having to bear because of (President Vladimir) Putin’s ambition.”
The head of the armed forces admitted that Russia was gaining territory but claimed that the losses were “for tiny increments of land.”
He claimed that the Russian government was placing “an enormous strain” on the state by allocating over 40% of public spending to defence and security.
With billions of pounds in military aid, weapons, and troop training, the UK has been one of Ukraine’s most steadfast supporters in its struggle against Russian aggression.
Following concerns about western nations’ future commitment to supporting Kyiv’s war effort following Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, Prime Minister Keir Starmer reaffirmed Britain’s “ironclad” support for Ukraine.
The UK would stand by Ukraine “as long as it takes,” Radakin reiterated.
He said, “That is the message President Putin needs to take in and the reassurance for (Volodymyr) Zelensky, the president of Ukraine.”