russia has likely sustained approximately 382,000 casualties (killed and wounded) in the war so far in 2025, and approximately 1,168,000 casualties since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the UK Defense Intelligence reports.
The average daily russian casualty rate during November 2025 was 1,033, according to Ukraine's General Staff reporting, an increase from 1,008 in October 2025, and the third consecutive monthly increase.
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However, russia's average daily casualty rates for the months August 2025 through to November 2025 are the four lowest monthly average rates reported since April 2024.
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, Ukraine's General Staff reported that on November 5, 2025, Ukrainian forces conducted a combined unmanned aerial system and missile strike against russian base used for the storage, assembly and launch of UAS against targets in Ukraine, in the vicinity of Donetsk airport, in temporarily occupied Ukraine. Explosions and a secondary detonation were reported.
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