Putin's losses in the Ukraine war: Russian oil depot catches fire not far from the Ukrainian border
Created: 04/25/2022Updated: 04/25/2022 06:51
By: Daniel Dillmann
Russia continues to suffer heavy losses in the Ukraine war.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense publishes new figures.
Heavy losses in the Ukraine war
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Ukraine reports the killing of two generals from Russia.
Losses are piling up:
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has to endure numerous setbacks in the Ukraine war.
Russia's losses in the Ukraine war:
All information from the Ukraine conflict in our ticker.
Update from Monday, April 25th, 2022, 6.40 a.m .:
A serious fire broke out in a Russian oil depot not far from the border with Ukraine on Monday night.
The fire caught storage tanks in the city of Bryansk, the local civil protection agency told the TASS news agency.
Firefighting work was in progress.
There were no further details at first.
Videos posted online showed high flames from a distance.
Bryansk is less than 150 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.
It was initially not known whether the fire could be related to the war in Ukraine.
In early April, Russia blamed Ukraine for a fire at an oil storage facility in the Russian city of Belgorod.
Putin's losses in the Ukraine war: This is how high Russia's losses are after two months of war
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War has been raging in Ukraine for two months.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army has now published a list of Russian casualties.
Losses on the Russian side since 02/24/2022:
Dead soldiers:
about 21,800
Tanks:
873
Armored Troop Carriers:
2238
Artillery Systems:
408
MLRS/Rocket Artillery:
147
Anti-aircraft systems:
69
Aircraft:
179
Helicopters:
154
Vehicles:
1557
boats:
8
Fuel tankers
: 76
Drones:
191
Special equipment:
28
Short-range mobile missile systems:
4
Source: General Staff of the Ukrainian Army
The information cannot currently be independently verified.
It is unclear whether the information relates to vehicles that have been destroyed or captured.
The army did not provide any further information.
Putin's losses in the Ukraine war: Russia suffers heavy losses in the south
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While Russia continues to try to take control of southern Ukraine, Putin’s troops are apparently suffering severe losses.
In the situation report, the military of Ukraine lists the losses.
However, the information could not be independently verified.
Daily losses of Russian troops in the Kherson region, according to the Ukrainian military (as of 04/24/2022):
74 soldiers
2 tanks
1 rocket launcher
6 armored troop vehicles
4 drones
Source: dpa
The report repeated the attack near Chernobaivka.
"After suffering serious losses, the enemy withdrew to Chornobaivka," the dpa quoted the report from Kyiv as saying.
Putin's losses in the Ukraine war: Russia around Cherson in retreat
Update, 10:45 a.m .:
Ukraine apparently succeeds in pushing back the attacker from Russia in the south of the country.
According to the command of Operation "South", eight settlements around the city of Cherson have been recaptured.
The Russian army then withdrew to the small town of Chernobaivka, which is adjacent to Cherson.
Putin's losses in the Ukraine war: Russia suffers heavy losses in the south (archive image) © Alexei Alexandrov/dpa
Heavy losses in the Ukraine war: Two more Russian generals killed
Moscow - Even two months after Russia attacked Ukraine, the Ukraine war has not yet been decided.
The Kremlin's attempts to capture the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv failed.
The army leadership under Russian President Vladimir Putin is now concentrating its attacks on the east and south of the country.
A Ukrainian soldier on patrol amid the Ukraine war near the city of Kherson.
© Celestino Arce Lavin/imago
In the east, the renegade, pro-Russian republics are to be stabilized and attached to the Russian Federation in the long term.
This is proven by the referendum that Vladimir Putin called in the middle of the Ukraine conflict.
In the south, according to a high-ranking major general from Russia, Moscow's goal is to secure a land route to Crimea, which has been occupied since 2014.
For this, among other things, the port city of Mariupol must be taken by Russia.
Fierce fighting continued there.
In addition, a connection to Transnistria is to be established by conquering territories in southern Ukraine.
The de facto independent, pro-Russian republic split from Moldova in the 1990s.
Russia suffers heavy casualties in the Ukraine War
But Vladimir Putin's army is also suffering heavy losses in the fighting in the east and south of the war in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian air force remains combat-capable, the defenders' air defense celebrates several downings of Russian fighter jets.
A total of 177 fighter jets are said to have been shot down.
Added to this is the declining morale of the Russian army in the war against neighboring Ukraine.
According to information from the Ukrainian secret services, more and more Russian soldiers are deserting.
Chechen soldiers would be used by the Kremlin to execute deserters.
Summary of Russia's losses in the Ukraine War
Soldiers: 21,600
Aircraft: 177
Helicopters: 154
Tanks: 854
Armored vehicles: 2205
Artillery: 403
Anti-aircraft guns: 69
Mobile rocket launchers: 143
Tankers: 76
Tactical drones: 182
Ships and boats: 8
Vehicles and motorcycles: 1543
In addition to material losses in the war against Ukraine, the Kremlin apparently has to do without more and more management personnel.
At least that's what the Ukrainian secret service reports.
Near the occupied city of Kherson, Ukrainian forces reportedly managed to kill two more Russian generals.
A third general was badly wounded.
Advisor to the Ukrainian President Oleksiy Arestovych said in an interview with former lawyer and journalist Mark Feygin on Saturday that he believed the third general "won't survive".
This means that nine high-ranking generals in the Russian army have fallen in the Ukraine war since February 24.
(Daniel Dillman)