Russia suffers 2nd deadliest day since start of full-scale invasion, a

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Russian forces on Oct. 17 suffered their second deadliest day since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to figures released by Kyiv.The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported 1,530 Russian casualties over the past day, a figure only surpassed once in more than two-and-a-half years of fighting.The bloodiest day for Moscow's forces was on May 13, when they suffered a reported 1,740 casualties.The figures 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.Russian casualty figures have surged in recent months.According to an analysis of the Ukrainian figures by analyst Ragnar Gudmundsson, two of the top ten bloodiest days for Moscow's forces since the launch of the full-scale invasion occurred this month — 1,530 on Oct.

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17, and 1,450 on Oct. 16.Three others all occurred last month – Sept. 22, with 1,500 casualties, Sept. 28, with 1,470, and Sept. 21, with 1,440."The past four months have proved the costliest for Russian forces since the war began in 2022," according to a U.K. military intelligence report on Sept. 23.The report said Russian casualties, both killed and wounded, were averaging over 1,000 a day, and were 1,262 in May, 1,163 in June, 1,140 in July, and 1,187 in August, adding the total number since the start of the full-scale invasion was "likely over 610,000."Steven Wolff, Professor of International Security at the University of Birmingham, told the Kyiv Independent last month that Russia's huge losses are indicative of a Russian military mindset that has not changed in decades.

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