Heavy losses for Russia: Ukraine retakes areas around Kherson
Created: 05/10/2022, 06:40
By: Tim Vincent Dicke, Jan Oeftger
Many Russian soldiers die in the Ukraine war.
But Russia also recorded losses in previously conquered areas.
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Editor's note:
You can read news about Russian losses in the Ukraine conflict in this news ticker.
Some of the information comes from warring factions in the Ukraine war and cannot be checked directly and independently.
Update from Wednesday, October 5, 6:35 a.m .:
Russia has to accept further losses from conquered Ukrainian areas.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that localities in the Kherson, Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts were brought back under Ukrainian control.
"The Ukrainian army is advancing fairly quickly and powerfully in the current defense operation in the south of our country," Zelenskyy said on Tuesday evening (October 4).
Especially in the area around Cherson, in the south of the country, Ukraine was able to reconquer some areas.
According to the Ukrainian armed forces, eight settlements were regained from Russian control.
Ukraine succeeds in recapturing more areas.
© Andrii Marienko/dpa
Heavy losses for Russia: Areas near Kharkiv are also lost
+++ 5.30 p.m .:
After the Russian losses of territory in southern Ukraine, places in the north-east have now also been liberated by the Ukrainian military.
According to Ukrainian sources, the defense troops have liberated the villages of Bohuslavka and Borivska Andriivka in the Kharkiv region from the Russian occupiers.
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Bohuslavka Municipal Council wrote on Twitter: “On 04/10/2022 Bohuslavka met the liberators!
Glory to Ukraine!
Glory to the heroes!” The Council also published pictures and videos showing flags being raised in the liberated settlements and the Ukrainian troops being greeted by the population.
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Heavy Losses: Russia loses more territory
+++ 3:21 p.m .:
Russia continues to record heavy losses in the Ukraine war – not only in soldiers and material, but also in areas.
The head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Andriy Yermak, wrote to the Telegram news service about five places that had been recaptured.
Videos from the long-fought village of Davydiv Brid and the villages of Velyka Oleksandrivka and Starossillya on the Inhulets River circulated on social networks.
In addition, Ukrainian units are said to have moved into Dudchany on the Dnipro River.
Official confirmations were initially not available.
Heavy losses for Russia: Ukraine destroys Iranian kamikaze drone
Update from Tuesday, October 4, 2:07 p.m .:
A kamikaze drone from the Russian armed forces was shot down in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa.
The Southern Operational Command said on Facebook that it was an Iranian Shahed 136 UAV.
The anti-aircraft missile regiment shot down the drone over the sea.
Heavy losses for Russia: Ukraine destroys more than 40 tanks
First report from Tuesday, October 4:
In the Ukraine war, fighting between the Ukrainian armed forces and the soldiers of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin continues.
The Ministry of Defense in Kyiv has released the latest figures on Russian casualties.
Within a day, 370 other fighters from Russia were killed.
In addition to two destroyed drones, a fighter jet and 27 armored fighting vehicles, more than 40 tanks were also destroyed.
In 24 hours, Ukraine destroyed 44 tanks from Russia, the Defense Ministry said.
"FORTY-FOUR TANKS," wrote the Kiev officials on Twitter.
The Russian troops suffered the greatest losses in the Kramatorsk and Kryvyi Rih regions.
Soldiers:
60,800
Aircraft:
266
Helicopters:
228
Tanks:
2424
Armored Fighting Vehicles:
5018
Artillery Systems:
1407
Air defense systems:
177
Multiple rocket launcher systems:
340
Cars and other vehicles:
3823
Ships:
15
Unmanned Combat Drones:
1028
As of Tuesday, October 4, 2022
The information on Russia's losses in the Ukraine war comes from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.
They cannot be independently verified.
The Kremlin itself gives very little information about its own losses.
(with agencies)
