President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia had lost approximately 42,000\u201343,000 troops, either killed or wounded, over the past month. He made these remarks on 8 October in Pryluky, in the Chernihiv region, where he had travelled following a Russian missile strike on a residential building. According to the president, despite these losses, the Kremlin continues its offensive operations without achieving the expected results.<\/p>\n
Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n According to Zelensky<\/strong>, at the start of 2026, the Ukrainian side estimated the Russian army\u2019s monthly losses at 30,000\u201332,000 personnel. In recent months, this figure has exceeded 40,000.<\/p>\n The President spoke of the total number of casualties, including both those killed and those wounded, rather than just the number of those killed. He stated that the Russian leadership is not halting the war despite mounting casualties and is continuing its offensive operations, which, in his view, are not yielding The Kremlin<\/a> expected results.<\/p>\n On 3 October, in an interview with Reuters, Zelenskyy announced the results of Ukraine\u2019s counter-offensive operation \u00abVivaldi<\/a>\u00bb. According to him, the Defence Forces have liberated approximately 125\u2013140 square kilometres of territory.<\/p>\n At the time, the president also stated that Russian casualties had been rising over the past two to three months. He clarified that, at the start of the year, around 21,000\u201322,000 of the monthly estimate at that time were accounted for by those killed, with the remainder being seriously wounded.<\/p>\n Zelenskyy claimed that the Russian units, which were on the defensive during this operation, suffered significantly heavier losses than the Ukrainian forces.<\/p>\n As of the morning of 8 October, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine estimated Russia\u2019s total combat losses of personnel since the start of the full-scale invasion at 1,547,780. Over the past 24 hours, this figure had risen by 1,830 servicemen, according to the General Staff. The General Staff describes these figures as indicative.<\/p>\n\n
The Russian Federation\u2019s monthly losses have risen since the start of the year<\/h2>\n
Zelenskyy linked the trend in casualties to Operation \u00abVivaldi\u00bb<\/h2>\n
Data from the General Staff and the consequences of the attack on Pryluky<\/h2>\n