Russia has suffered its worst ever month for casualties since the start of the war in Ukraine according to the UK chief of defence staff.
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said Russia’s forces suffered an average of about 1,500 dead and injured “every single day” in October, bringing its losses to 700,000 since the war began in February 2022.
Russia does not disclose the number of its war dead, but Western defence officials have said October’s death toll was the heaviest so far.
In an interview with BBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Sir Tony said the Russian people were paying an “extraordinary price” for Putin’s invasion.
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He said the losses were for “for tiny increments of land”.
But he added that Russia is spending more than 40% of its public expenditure on defence and security, which he said was “an enormous drain” on the country.
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