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Zelensky says Russia lost 54,400 troops in October and urges ceasefire
Kyiv says October saw the highest monthly Russian military casualties killed and severely wounded since the start of the full-scale war. Zelensky said Ukrainian forces reclaimed 96.2 square kilometers during the month, 10.4 square kilometers more than Russian forces captured.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reviewed the situation at the front in October on November 1. He said the Russian army suffered 54,400 military personnel killed or severely wounded during the month. Zelensky called it a record for any month since the start of the full-scale war.
According to the Ukrainian side, daily losses also reached a record: Kyiv claims that the Russian army lost 2,250 personnel on October 21. The figures were published with reference to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The data have not been independently verified, and Moscow has not commented on them.
“A ceasefire is all it takes”
Zelensky also said that Ukrainian forces reclaimed 96.2 square kilometers in October, 10.4 square kilometers more territory than Russian troops managed to capture during the same period.
“Russia is losing. To stop these insane losses, all Russia needs to do is choose a ceasefire and diplomacy,” the Ukrainian president said. He thanked the military and all the units that, he said, had achieved this result.
A comparison with the metro and military parades
The October losses claimed in an infographic from Ukraine's General Staff, which Zelensky circulated, are compared with the number of people in nine military parades on Red Square, approximately 200 Moscow metro cars and the population of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
The statement came a day after Zelensky visited Istanbul, where he held talks with Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and discussed, among other issues, the safety of navigation in the Black Sea.
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