Russian army faces record manpower losses in Ukraine in November
Photo: soldiers of the Armed Forces inflicted record losses on the Russian army in November 2024 (Getty Images)
In November, Russian forces suffered the highest number of irrecoverable and sanitary personnel losses since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The total amounted to 45,720 servicemen, according to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
It is noted that this number is comparable to more than three motorized infantry divisions of the Russian army's ground forces.
"According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in November, our forces 'zeroed' and 'three-hundreded' 2,030 enemy soldiers in a single day. This is also the highest enemy loss figure in a day since February 24, 2022," the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine stated.
Additionally, throughout November, Ukrainian defenders struck 307 enemy tanks, which is the highest number this autumn.
To remind, in September and October, 291 and 279 enemy tanks were destroyed or damaged, respectively.
The ministry pointed out that a Russian tank battalion consists of 31 vehicles, meaning that over the last month of autumn, the occupiers lost nearly 10 tank battalions, both destroyed and damaged.
"The estimated value of this amount of equipment is equivalent to 450 million US dollars," the Ministry of Defense added.
The report also indicated that as a result of active combat actions by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, 899 enemy armored fighting vehicles (AFVs) were struck in November, which is roughly the number of AFVs in four motorized infantry divisions.
"This amount of armored fighting vehicles cost the aggressor state’s budget approximately at least half a billion US dollars," the ministry noted.
In November, the Ukrainian Defense Forces also hit 884 units of the enemy’s artillery systems. One artillery division of the Russian army consists of 18 self-propelled guns.
"As a result, our forces deprived the enemy of the ability to conduct combat operations for 49 artillery divisions last month. The value of these artillery systems amounts to about 700 million US dollars," the Ministry of Defense stated.
The ministry also concluded that the estimated value of Russia’s total losses in weapons and equipment in November 2024 exceeded 3 billion US dollars.
"In September and October, this figure was lower. Therefore, the Kremlin continues to spend enormous amounts of money to prolong the war," the Ministry of Defense added.
Earlier, it was reported that on November 30, Ukrainian forces eliminated 1,730 Russian occupiers. As clarified by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the morning of December 1, since the start of the full-scale invasion, the Russian army has already lost over 742,000 soldiers.
Additionally, it is worth noting that in recent days, the highest loss figure for the enemy was recorded on November 28, when Ukrainian defenders eliminated 2,030 occupiers.
