Russia lost 1,270 troops in deadliest 24 hours of more than 2 years of war, according to Ukraine

Russia lost a staggering 1,270 troops from Sunday into Monday, according to Ukraine, in what would be the deadliest day in more than two years of war.

The brutal 24-hour toll took Russia’s overall losses to more than 511,000 since President Vladimir Putin declared war in February 2022, according to the latest tally released Monday by the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces.

As well as the 1,270 troops, Russia also lost 14 Russian tanks, 22 armored personnel carriers and 47 artillery pieces in the same day, according to the report.

The figures match those recently shared by the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD), which assessed that the number of Russian troops “killed and wounded” had surpassed 500,000 by the end of last month — when they averaged 1,200 per day throughout May.

That was “the highest reported since the start of the war,” the MoD stressed.

The rise in deaths comes as combat has intensified in Ukraine amid Moscow’s latest offensive in the Kharkiv region, leading them to have reportedly captured around 13 settlements and 116 square miles of land.

“It is highly likely that most Russian forces receive only limited training, and they are unable to carry out complex offensive operations,” the UK ministry said of Russia’s strugglers.

“The need to continuously replenish front-line personnel will almost certainly continue to limit Ruyssia’s ability to generate higher capability units.”

While the latest offensive has shown Russia some success, Ukraine has also claimed to have stabilized the new frontlines of the war.

Kharkiv sits just 30 miles south of Russia’s border with the war-torn country and has recently seen some of the most intense fighting of the 27-month-long conflict. 

In recent weeks, the Kremlin has touted its military advancements in the region, claiming to have captured villages around Kharkiv as part of a broad push into the region that would allow it to get within artillery range of the city.

Russian troops began their offensive on the region on May 10. 

Since then, the US has announced some $675 million in military aid for Ukraine, in the form of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and ammunition; Howitzer artillery rounds; High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs) and other “urgently needed” pieces of offensive and defensive equipment and ammunition. 

The Biden administration has also provided Ukraine with five aid packages of weapons pulled from existing Defense Department stockpiles since Congress approved $60 billion in additional funding.