Russia's losses in the Ukraine war: Pro-Russian troops lose half of the armed forces
Created: 06/24/2022, 05:00
By: Daniel Dillmann, Vincent Büssow
There are heavy casualties on both Russia's and Ukraine's sides.
The death of a Ukrainian folk hero in particular has attracted attention.
Fighting in the east:
The Ukraine war turns into a bitter trench warfare in the east of the country.
Casualties are heavy on both sides.
Battle of the Black Sea:
Ukraine reports a successful attack on Russian units stationed on Snake Island.
Russia's losses:
News and an overview of Russian losses in the Ukraine conflict in our newsticker.
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Although Russia does not provide any official information about its own losses in the Ukraine war, there are indications that these are exceptionally high.
This can be concluded from the self-published casualty figures of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, which is fighting with Russia against Ukraine.
According to British intelligence, the casualties there are around 55 percent of the entire armed forces.
The Air Force of Ukraine repeatedly reports planes, missiles and helicopters being shot down by Russia.
The casualties of the attackers are piling up.
© Aziz Karimov/dpa
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Two saboteurs from the Russian side are said to have been arrested in Kiev.
This was announced by a senior member of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine via the Ukraine Media Center.
The two Ukrainian citizens are suspected of collaborating with fighters from the self-proclaimed People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.
Pictures of the railway network of Ukraine were found among the suspects.
Ukraine-News: Russia's losses at a glance
Soldiers: 34,430
Tanks: 1504
Panzerkampfwagen: 3632
Artillery systems: 756
Multiple rocket launcher systems: 240
Air defense systems: 99
Aircraft: 216
Helicopters: 183
Unmanned combat drones: 620
Ships: 14
Cars and other vehicles: 2548
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.
Heavy casualties: Russia could soon run out of ammunition and troops
Meanwhile, on the Ukrainian side, the death of folk hero Andrii Verkhohliad was reported.
The lieutenant was killed in action on Thursday (June 23), The Kiev Independent reported on Twitter.
Verkhohliad was already fighting in Donbass before the Ukraine conflict escalated this year and was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky.
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Ukraine published new data on Russian losses in the Ukraine war today.
According to the General Staff, a total of 34,430 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded since the invasion began on February 24.
Only numbers from March 25 are known from the Russian side.
At the time, the Russian agency Interfax, citing the Ministry of Defense, spoke of 1,351 dead and 3,825 wounded Russian soldiers.
Boris Johnson convinced: Russia will soon run out of weapons
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is convinced that Russia will soon run out of weapons and troops in the Ukraine war.
Johnson refers to the assessment of the British secret service, which assumes that Russia's military may soon no longer be capable of an offensive.
"In the next few months," Russia could get to the point "where it no longer has any forward momentum because it has exhausted its resources," Johnson told the
Süddeutsche Zeitung
and other newspapers in an interview.
"Then we have to help the Ukrainians to reverse the momentum."
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The resistance against Russia continues in the occupied areas of eastern Ukraine.
Both the Russian army and the allied separatists are repeatedly exposed to partisan-style attacks.
In Chornobaivka, a small village near Kherson, the car of Yurii Turulov, a mayor appointed by Russia, was attacked.
Turulov was unharmed.
This is reported by the newspaper
Ukrainska Pravda
.
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Four people lost their lives in an explosion in Vladimir Oblast not far from the capital Moscow.
The detonation is said to have occurred in an ammunition depot.
Among the victims are three soldiers and a civilian specialist.
This is reported by the state news
agency TASS
.
The cause of the explosion is said to have been an accident during the delivery of ammunition that should have been delivered to the front of the Ukraine war.
Ukraine-News: Heavy casualties for Russia's Black Sea Fleet
First report from Wednesday, June 22, 1:15 p.m.:
Kiev – The armed forces of Ukraine have apparently managed to inflict serious losses on the Russian fleet.
According to the high command in the south of the country, the Russian units stationed on Snake Island were able to inflict considerable damage.
Satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies confirm that fierce fighting must have taken place on Snake Island in the Black Sea.
Large-scale devastation can clearly be seen on parts of the island.
According to research by the
Daily Mail
, at least one control tower belonging to the Russian army was also said to have been destroyed.
Russian soldiers have to constantly reckon with partisan attacks in the occupied areas of Ukraine, like here in Cherson.
© Olga Maltseva/afp
Ukraine-News: Russia suffers casualties on Snake Island
In the past few days, Russia has admitted drone attacks on its own troops, who in turn are stationed on Snake Island.
However, according to the military leadership in Moscow, the drones were shot down before they were able to cause any major damage.
Days before said attack, Ukraine had already inflicted heavy casualties on the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
According to information from Kyiv, a tugboat from the Russian fleet was destroyed with the help of so-called Harpoon missiles.
A few weeks ago, the Russian Navy's flagship, the guided missile cruiser Moskva, was sunk in the Black Sea.
News from the Ukraine war: Russia is advancing, but has to accept losses
Meanwhile, while Russia is advancing in eastern Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin's army is suffering increasing casualties.
If the information from Kyiv is to be believed, more than 34,000 Russian soldiers have already died in the Ukraine war.
Mainly thanks to the delivery of new weapon systems, Ukraine hopes to be able to inflict significant losses on Russia in the near future.
A spokesman for the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said the howitzers that Germany had delivered to Ukraine were already at the front.
In addition, the United States has announced the delivery of further Harpoon missile systems.
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