Paul Adams
As 2024 draws to a close, and winter arrives, Russian forces are continuing to push their Ukrainian opponents back.
In total, Russia has captured and retaken about 2,350 sq km of territory (907 sq miles) in eastern Ukraine and in Russia's western Kursk region.
But the cost in lives has been horrendous.
Britain's defence ministry says that in November Russia suffered 45,680 casualties, more than during any month since its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
According to the latest UK Defence Intelligence estimate, Russia lost a daily average of 1,523 men, killed and wounded.
On 28 November, it says, Russia lost more than 2,000 men in a single day, the first time this has happened.
"We're seeing the Russians grinding out more advances," one official said, on condition of anonymity. "But at enormous cost."
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