Russia Suffers Record 16,130 Weekly Casualties, General Staff Says
Verified: 2 outlets have reported this story since Nov 8.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has announced that Russian invading forces suffered a record 16,130 casualties between Nov. 1 and Nov. 7, marking the highest weekly loss rate since the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022. The attrition rate averaged over 2,300 soldiers daily – the equivalent of an entire motorized rifle regiment neutralized every 24 hours, or nearly 100 troops per hour.
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[Claude] Both report the Ukrainian General Staff's claim of record Russian casualties in early November, with Report 2 giving the weekly figure behind Report 1's cumulative total, which is consistent with it.
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