Russia loses 2,980 troops over past day, most since start of full-scale war
Over the past day, the Russian army lost 2,980 troops killed and seriously wounded. That is more than the personnel of six crews of the cruiser Moskva, and the highest daily Russian losses since the start of the full-scale invasion, Ukraine's General Staff reported on Nov. 9.
Russian forces suffered a staggering 2,980 casualties in losses reported on November 9, marking the highest daily toll since the onset of the full-scale war in Ukraine. This figure surpasses the personnel of six cruisers combined and eclipses the previous record of 2,500 fatalities set just a week earlier on November 2. The Russian military disclosed that on November 8, the death toll was one soldier every 29 seconds, with over 400,410 troops lost by the Russian army since the beginning of 2026.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces credited their troops for neutralizing the enemy losses, countering Russia's practice of deploying units in "suicidal assaults." The Russian command's strategy appears to focus on civilian terrorization, the Ukrainian General Staff noted. On November 2, the Daily Loss Report revealed that the Ukrainian forces had eliminated 2,500 Russian troops in a single day, a record that still stands.
The Russian military's worst-ever single-day loss occurred on October 21, 2026, with 2,250 casualties. The Ukrainian General Staff highlighted that October 2026 was the most devastating month for the Russian army throughout the conflict, with 54,400 soldiers killed or wounded. Since the start of the invasion, Russia's total losses surpass 1.5 million killed and wounded, a figure unprecedented in any war since World War II and far exceeding losses from previous conflicts, including the Soviet-Afghan War and Chechen Wars.
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