25 reported 1,630 Russian casualties over the past day, surpassing the previous second-highest tally of 1,530, which was set just last week. The bloodiest day for Moscow's forces was on May 13, when they suffered a reported 1,740 casualties. Oct. 25 saw 1,630 Russian casualties reported over the past day. The figures, which the Kyiv Independent could not independently verify,  do not specify killed or wounded, though the overall consensus is that it includes dead, wounded, missing, and captured.Facing a shortage of manpower and a pressing need to maintain the grinding advances in eastern Ukraine, Russia has reportedly been throwing some of its most skilled troops into mass infantry attacks, and at very high costs."The past four months have proved the costliest for Russian forces since the war began in 2022," according to a U.K.