"Russian mortality rates on the front lines are rising to levels that cannot be sustained by the current method of voluntary recruitment, Ukrainian figures suggest. In December, 35,000 occupiers were eliminated and this has been confirmed with video footage, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a Monday evening address. In November, there were 30,000, and in October, 26,000 eliminated occupiers."
"The enemy lost over 33,000 personnel [in December]. This figure includes only confirmed video cases, but the actual losses of the occupiers are greater, he wrote on the Telegram messaging service. That, he said, made December 2025, the first month when the unmanned systems units of the Ukrainian Defence Forces neutralised approximately as many servicemen of the occupying army as Russia conscripted in a month."
Occupier losses reached 26,000 in October, 30,000 in November and 35,000 in December, with video-confirmed cases indicating actual losses may be higher. December included over 33,000 personnel confirmed by video, and unmanned systems neutralised approximately as many servicemen as Russia conscripted in a month. Russia has relied on contract volunteers rather than regular conscripts and hit a 2025 recruitment quota of 403,000, averaging about 33,583 per month with plans to increase to 34,083 monthly in 2026. These casualty levels may be unsustainable under voluntary recruitment and could force mobilisation of active reserves. Forward reserve units in Belgorod began receiving heavy equipment such as howitzers, thermobaric weapons and all-terrain vehicles, indicating reserves are being equipped for operations beyond rear-area defence.
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