Russia is on course to lose 500,000 troops by end of 2024, after turning its forces into a 'low quality, high quantity mass army,' says UK intel

• Russia is on course to have lost half a million soldiers by the end of the year, the UK Ministry of Defense said.
• Russia's forces have become "a low quality, high quantity mass army," the department said.
• It will likely take Russia five to 10 years to rebuild its forces to a high standard.

Russia is on course to have lost a total of 500,000 soldiers by the end of this year if casualties continue at their current rate, the UK Ministry of Defense said.

The average daily number of Russian casualties in Ukraine has risen by almost 300 during the last year, the department noted, citing data from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.