January 2025 second most costly month of the war for Russia – UK intelligence

The UK Ministry of Defense said this in an intelligence update posted on social media platform X, Ukrinform reports.

Analysts, referring to figures from the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, stated that Russian losses in January 2025 amounted to 48,240 killed and wounded, while in December 2024, the Russian army suffered a record 48,670 casualties.

"Russia has likely sustained over 50,000 casualties in 2025 thus far, and over 837,000 casualties since invading Ukraine in February 2022," the update said.

The report also noted that January 2025 also saw the second highest average daily Russian casualties in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with an average daily loss rate of 1,556, according to Ukrainian General Staff reporting. This represents no significant change from December 2024's total of 1,570, the highest average daily Russian casualty rate of the conflict thus far.

"Russia's casualty rate will likely continue to average above 1,000 a day in February 2025, reflecting the high tempo of Russian operations and offensives," the analysts predicted.