A Ukrainian project, "I Want to Live" (Проект «Хочу жить»), published estimated Russian military losses for the first eight months of 2025 on October 6th, 2025, reporting 281,550 individuals killed, wounded, or missing, including 86,744 deaths. Separately, damage to a gas station in T.O. Great Lepetikh, Kherson Oblast, was reported as potentially complicating military technology mobility and logistical support in that direction. The "I Want to Live" project's figures, obtained from an unspecified source, state that between January 1 and September 1, 2025, Russia incurred 86,744 deaths, 158,529 wounded, 33,966 missing, and 2,311 captured, with total equipment losses estimated at 13,145 irrevocably lost and 48,458 repairable. The report also noted that the "Center" troop group, comprising the 2nd and 51st combined arms armies, has the highest losses. In other military-related news, Colonel Paul "Lazar" Elizarov, commander of the Lasar's Group, stated that his unit has destroyed approximately $12 billion worth of hostile equipment. Details were shared in a public interview at Defense Tech Valley 2025 regarding their operations, including daytime and nighttime missions with sea drones. Previous reports from earlier on October 6th, 2025, indicated that the largest fuel depot in Crimea was destroyed by Ukrainian forces, exacerbating existing petrol shortages on the peninsula. The estimated Russian casualty figures were also shared on X by user Tatarigami_UA. In separate news, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated in an interview with EconomX that Hungary will not adopt the euro, citing reasons related to the perceived collapse of the EU. These developments occurred as the reporting window closed at 12:34 PM UTC on October 6th, 2025.
