In October, strikes against more than 41,000 Russian army personnel were verified. This is the highest monthly figure since the launch of the “ePoints” programme. Nearly 24,000 occupiers were killed.
This was reported by Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence.
Each strike was recorded on video in the DELTA combat system and confirmed by specialists from the Brave1 defence innovation cluster.
Since the start of the year, strikes against more than 320,000 Russian troops have been confirmed. Almost one eighth of that total came in October.
Compared with September, the number of strikes delivered by unmanned systems rose by 26% – 8,637 more. October’s result surpassed the previous peak in March, when around 35,000 strikes were recorded, and was 1.6 times higher than in October last year.
The biggest increase in the number of strikes was recorded in the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Luhansk directions.
October also saw the highest number of evacuations using ground robotic systems. A total of 598 evacuees were verified — 105 more than in September.
In addition, Ukrainian forces struck two Russian helicopters – a Mi-8 and a Mi-28 – and an An-124-100 transport aircraft.
The Defence Ministry explains that confirming the results of combat operations makes it possible to determine exactly which targets Ukrainian forces are hitting, in which directions and by what means.
These data help commanders assess unit effectiveness, identify the need for additional drones and crews, strengthen capabilities in specific sectors and adjust target priorities.
In this way, verified results become the basis for management decisions and more efficient use of resources.
- By this summer, Russia had lost at least 450,000 soldiers killed in the war against Ukraine. The actual number of deaths over this period is likely to be significantly higher, according to a Financial Times analysis of documents leaked from Russia’s statistical agency.
- About 120,000 deaths — a third of the total for which the documents specify a place of death — are in the area around Avdiivka and Pokrovsk.