One enemy target hit every 41 seconds: Ukraine's drone forces report record October figures
Photo: Commander of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces Robert "Madyar" Brovdi (Getty Images)
In October, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS) recorded their highest personnel casualty figures inflicted on the enemy since the start of the full-scale war. The figures amounted to nearly 16,800 Russian troops, according to a post by Unmanned Systems Forces Commander Robert "Madyar" Brovdi.
According to the commander, in October, Unmanned Systems Forces units struck 64,807 enemy targets. This averages 2,091 targets per day, or one every 41 seconds.
At the same time, the SBS reported that 16,796 Russian troops had been killed over the month. By this measure, October was a record month for the group since the start of the full-scale war.
As Brovdi noted, enemy personnel losses increased by 52.55% compared with August, when the figure stood at 11,010. In September, the figure was 13,468 troops, meaning it rose by another 24.71% in October.
According to the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Russian army lost an average of 542 troops per day. The highest daily figure was recorded on October 24, when the enemy lost 701 troops.
How many combat missions did the Unmanned Systems Forces carry out in October?
Over the month, the group's units carried out a total of 255,605 combat missions. Of these, 151,500 were strike sorties and another 104,000 were reconnaissance missions.
The largest share of enemy personnel losses was recorded on the Dobropillia-Pokrovsk, Oleksandrivka, and Huliaipole axes.
According to the Unmanned Systems Forces, losses in these areas totaled 11,672 out of 16,796, accounting for 69.49% of the overall figure. In particular, 7,360 troops were lost on the Dobropillia-Pokrovsk axis and 4,312 on the Oleksandrivka and Huliaipole axes.
The figures provided refer exclusively to the group's units and do not include the results achieved by other units of Ukraine's Defense Forces.
According to estimates by the British outlet The Economist, since the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia may have lost between 374,000 and 770,000 troops killed. Total Russian army losses, including those wounded, are estimated at 1.4 million to 2.1 million.
In addition, operators of the Security Service of Ukraine's Alpha Special Operations Center neutralized 3,198 Russian troops in one week. According to the unit's verified data, 2,146 were killed and another 1,052 were wounded.
The Security Service of Ukraine said this was a record result in terms of the number of enemy personnel hit over such a short period.
