Russia rules out restarting gas transit through Ukraine despite U.S. proposal — Kremlin

Ukraine's General Staff reported that Russian forces suffered a staggering 2,500 personnel losses on November 1, marking the highest daily casualty count in the ongoing war. This figure surpassed the previous record of 2,250 losses set on October 21, 2026. According to the General Staff, a Russian soldier is considered "lost" if they are killed in action, captured as a prisoner of war, or suffer injuries severe enough to prevent their return to combat.

October 2026 was the deadliest month for Russian troops since the inception of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, with the General Staff estimating Russian forces to have suffered 54,400 personnel losses that month alone. To put this into perspective, this equates to the entire population of Vorkuta, a city located in Russia's northern Komi Republic.

As of November 2, Ukraine's General Staff revealed that Russia has sustained a total of 1,592,770 personnel losses since launching its full-scale invasion in February 2022. The mounting battlefield losses have put pressure on Russia to step up its mobilization efforts. President Volodymyr Zelensky had previously warned in August that Russia intended to mobilize around 300,000 individuals following its September election.

However, the General Staff has not disclosed its own casualty figures during the full-scale invasion due to operational secrecy. Independent Western think-tank reports, such as the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), suggest that Russian casualties significantly outnumber Ukrainian losses, with a ratio of approximately 2.5:1 or 2:1.

According to a January 2026 CSIS report, Ukraine has likely suffered between 500,000 and 600,000 casualties from February 2022 to December 2025, with 100,000 to 140,000 of these being killed in action.