Overview
- Defence Intelligence estimates roughly 1,140,000 Russian killed and wounded since the 2022 invasion, with about 353,000 in 2025 to date.
- October averaged 1,008 Russian casualties per day, up from 950 in September and marking a second consecutive monthly increase.
- Despite the uptick, August through October 2025 were assessed as the lowest monthly averages since April 2024.
- Pokrovsk is assessed as Russia’s priority axis, receiving the largest share of daily assaults as forces push to envelop the logistics hub.
- Russian units advanced from the southern outskirts toward Pokrovsk’s center and pressed Rodynske and Myrnohrad, as Ukraine mounted limited counterattacks near Dobropillia.