russia has likely sustained approximately 332,000 casualties (killed and wounded) in the war so far in 2025, and approximately 1,118,000 casualties since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the UK Defense Intelligence reports.
The average daily russian casualties during September 2025 was 950 according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reporting, a moderate increase from russia's August 2025 average daily casualty rate. The average daily rate in September 2025 was the second lowest reported since April 2024, after August 2025.
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The recorded russian casualty rate decreased month on month from March 2025 to August 2025. However russia's casualty rate in October 2025 has been steadily increasing, surpassing 1,000 daily casualties every day from October 5 through to October 12.
Russia's decreased monthly casualty rate has been sustained at the same time as russian forces have maintained a high operational tempo across the front line, and russia has continued to make incremental territorial gains.
As Defense Express previously reported, on September 29, 2025, russian President Vladimir Putin initiated the military conscription order for 135,000 men. The annual autumn russian conscription began on October 1, 2025, and runs until December 31, 2025, across russia and the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. It covers adult men aged 18-30; the upper limit having been raised from 27 to 30 in 2023.
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