1,500 dead Russians per day: Putin's bloody October report

Telepolis 1,500 dead Russians per day: Putin's bloody October report 5 hours • 2 minutes reading time Russia's losses in the Ukraine war are reportedly reaching new highs. October is said to have been the bloodiest month since the war began. The According to the British defense chief, Russian forces in Ukraine suffered an average of around 1,500 dead and injured per day during October. Admiral Sir Tony Radakin told the BBC that the Russian people were paying an "extraordinary price" for President Vladimir Putin's invasion. October was the month with the highest losses since the conflict began in February 2022. Radakin is the Chief of Defense Staff, military commander of the United Kingdom Armed Forces and chief military adviser to the Defense Minister. Such reports have come repeatedly from Great Britain over the past two years. Western media often disseminate information from the British foreign intelligence service. Radakin's assessment is also likely based on this source. Intelligence agencies' assessments cannot be independently verified. "Russia will have to mourn around 700,000 dead or wounded - the enormous pain and suffering that the Russian nation has to endure because of Putin's ambitions," said Radakin on the Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg program. He added that while Russia is making gains and putting pressure on Ukraine, the losses are "for tiny territorial gains." The cost of the war, which Radakin put at more than 40 percent of public spending on defense and security, is also an "enormous burden" for Russia. In view of the election of Donald Trump as US president, doubts are growing in NATO about US support for Ukraine. The British defense chief also confirms this. The Western allies will stand by Ukraine "for as long as necessary." "This is the message that President Putin must understand and the reassurance for President Zelensky," said Radakin. In an article for The Sunday Times newspaper, the British admiral also wrote that the growing threat from authoritarian states such as Russia, North Korea and the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen is putting the international community "under immense pressure." "This is a new era of competition and contestation that will last for decades and has the potential to disrupt our economy and security more than anything Britain has experienced in modern times," wrote Radakin.