Heavy losses for Russia: Ukraine Ministry announces new figures

Created: 09/23/2022, 11:18 am

By: Tim Vincent Dicke

Thousands of Russian soldiers are killed in the Ukraine war.

The Ministry of Defense in Kyiv publishes casualty figures.

The news ticker.

• 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.

Kyiv – The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has published the latest figures on Russia's losses in the Ukraine war.

According to this, 550 Russian soldiers were killed within one day - 56,060 are said to have fallen since the beginning of hostilities.

The overview of the information from the Ministry of Defense:

• Soldiers: 

  56,060

• Aircraft:

   254

• Helicopters:

   219

• Tanks:

   2254

• Armored Fighting Vehicles:

   4796

• Artillery systems:

   1355

• Air defense systems: 

  170

• Multiple rocket launcher systems:

   326

• Cars and other vehicles:

   3659

• Ships:

   15

• Unmanned Combat Drones:

   950

• As of Thursday 23 September 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.

Ukrainian soldiers near Izyum © Juan Barreto/AFP

(with agencies)