Russia's worst month sees highest daily casualty rate and 300 battle tanks destroyed

November 2024 has been named as the costliest month of the war for Russia since it invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

According to the MOD, the average daily number of Russian casualties reached a new monthly high in November, including the loss of 2,030 troops in a single day.

Ukraine claims to have destroyed 300 tanks, 900 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and 900 artillery systems in the last month, including a Zoopark-1 counter-battery radar and a TOS-1A Solntsepyok system.

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The MOD said: "This is the third straight month that Russian forces have sustained new war high average daily losses.

"The average daily loss rate was 1,523, according to Ukrainian general staff reporting.

"The twenty-eighth of November also saw a new war high of 2,030 losses in a single day, the first time more than 2,000 have been reported.

"November 2024 was also likely the costliest month of the war for Russia with a total of 45,680 casualties reported by the Ukraine General Staff. 41,980 Russian casualties were recorded in October 2024.

"November was the fifth straight month that Russian Forces have suffered an increase in monthly total losses."

The UK announced that as of the end of November 2024, £12.8bn has been provided in military aid to Ukraine.

Furthermore, the number of soldiers trained in the UK under Operation Interflex reached more than 50,000.

In November 2022, the Russian daily casualty rate reached 559, before increasing to 952 in 2023.

The MOD believes the high casualty rate experienced by Russia is due to its increased "tempo" of operations and offensives, as Moscow looks to overwhelm Ukrainian defenders.

Heavy fighting has been taking place, particularly in Kursk, Kupiansk, Toretsk, Pokrovsk and Velyka Novosilka.

The Ukrainian city of Velyka Novosilka, located in the Donetsk oblast, is thought to be Moscow's next big target as they look to build on their successful conquest of Vuhledar which fell after two years of fighting.