russia has likely sustained approximately 1,140,000 casualties (killed and wounded) since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, including approximately 353,000 casualties in the war so far in 2025, the UK Defense Intelligence reports.
The average daily russian casualty rate during October 2025 was 1,008 according to Ukraine's General Staff reporting, an increase from 950 in September 2025, and the second consecutive monthly increase. Russia's average daily casualty rates for the months August 2025 through to October 2025 are the three lowest monthly average rates reported since April 2024.
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Russian forces are continuing intensive efforts to envelop Pokrovsk, the key Ukrainian logistics hub which supports operations in the Donbas, sustaining heavy casualties. Recently, russian forces have advanced from the southern outskirts towards the centre of the city.
Additionally, pressure continues to be applied to Rodynske, a town supporting the defense of Pokrovsk to its north, and in Myrnohrad, to its east. Ukrainian forces have recently conducted limited counterattacks in the vicinity of Dobropillia, 25 km north of Pokrovsk.
Pokrovsk likely remains russia's priority axis with the city continuing to sustain the largest proportion of daily russian assaults relative to the rest of the front line.
As Defense Express previously reported, there has been a significant increase in the number of russian nurseries offering military cadet programmes for children since russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, with over 100 kindergartens across russia subsequently starting courses in military training, according to russian media outlet Verstka.
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