Ukraine Army Successfully Eliminates 620 Russian Soldiers On Halloween; 32 Armored Vehicles Destroyed

Russia lost 620 soldiers, 14 tanks and 32 armored fighting vehicles (AFV) between Sunday and Monday, according to data provided by the Ukrainian military.

Russia suffered 71,820 combat losses among its personnel between the start of the invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 and Sunday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in its most recent casualty report.

Losses within the same period also included 2,686 tanks and 5,485 AFVs, among other pieces of military equipment.

In its previous casualty report released Sunday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that Russia had lost 71,200 personnel, 2,672 tanks and 5,453 AFVs up to that point.

Most of Russia's recent losses were sustained in the directions of Avdiivka and Lyman, two cities located in Ukraine's partially occupied Donetsk region.

Russia's last official death toll from the war in Ukraine, which was provided by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Sept. 21, claimed that fatalities among Russian soldiers from the conflict numbered 5,937 at the time.

Unnamed sources from Russia's special services and the country's Federal Security Service claimed that Russian casualties in Ukraine have already surpassed 90,000, iStories reported on Oct. 12.

In contrast, Ukraine lost 10,000 soldiers as of early June, Oleksiy Arestovych, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, revealed that month.

"Both sides are taking casualties. The war is the most intense conventional conflict in Europe since the Second World War. But the Ukrainians have a lot of advantages, not the least of which is their will to fight," U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl said in August.

Russia announced troop mobilization in late September amid reports of high losses.

The initiative, the first of its kind in Russia since World War II, sought to call up 300,000 reservists, Shoigu claimed.

Russia was able to reach its target, Shoigu told Putin Friday in a televised meeting.

"We have stopped sending notices to people, and the task you set, 300,000 people, has been completed. No further measures are planned," the official was quoted as saying by The Washington Post.

About 82,000 soldiers have been sent to Ukraine, with half of those assigned to active-duty units, Shoigu said.