Ukraine claims record 3,000 Russian casualties in one day as war drags on

Ukraine says Russian casualties have reached unusually high levels in November, while Russia has made little territorial progress in eastern Ukraine. The claims come as the countries, alongside the United States, held their first peace talks since February, but Russia maintained demands that Ukraine rejects, leaving prospects for a settlement uncertain.

Ukraine’s military reported more than 26,000 Russian troops killed or seriously wounded in the first 10 days of November, including a claimed daily record of 2,980 on 9 November; these figures have not been independently verified. October’s reported total was 54,400, while independent assessments put Russia’s net territorial gains this year at 117 square kilometres. The article also cites a claim by pro-Ukrainian hackers of 450,000 Russian fatalities since the 2022 invasion, and notes that Russia rejects NATO expansion and European peacekeepers in Ukraine.