Ukraine War: Heavy casualties for Russia - Soldiers are burned in Cherson
Created: 07/08/2022 04:59
By: Helena Gries, Tobias Utz, Sandra Kathe, Lucas Maier
Soldiers are dying every day in the Ukraine war, on both sides.
Statistics on Russia's losses in the Ukraine war are regularly updated.
The battles and attacks in the Ukraine war are raging primarily in the east of the country.
The military of Ukraine continues to resist.
Russia itself rarely provides information about its own losses in the war.
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In the east of Ukraine the fight continued unabated.
In the Donetsk region, the pro-Russian separatists spoke of one dead and eleven injured, as the dpa reports.
The reason for this is said to have been the shelling from the Ukrainian side.
The information has not yet been independently verified.
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The secret service of Ukraine has announced through the Ministry of Defense that Russia would burn soldiers in order to keep the actual number of victims low.
In the outskirts of the city of Cherson, according to information, corpses are repeatedly being burned on the streets.
Losses in Donetsk: pro-Russian separatists speak of casualties.
(Archive image) © Michal Burza/dpa
Due to the high degree of burns, the bodies could usually no longer be identified, it is said.
According to Ukrainian information, the representatives of the Russian occupying forces are trying to declare the bodies as victims of artillery fire.
Ukrainian firefighters are forbidden to put out the said fires.
The information could not be independently verified.
News about the Ukraine war: Russia's losses at a glance
Soldiers: 36,650
Aircraft: 217
Helicopters: 187
Tanks: 1602
Panzerkampfwagen: 3797
Artillery systems: 815
Air defense systems: 107
Multiple rocket launcher systems: 247
Cars and other vehicles: 2665
Ships: 15
Unmanned Combat Drones: 667
As of Thursday 7 July 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.
Ukraine War: Heavy casualties for Russia
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Russian troops reported taking the entire Luhansk region over the weekend in the course of conquering the city of Lyssychansk.
As expected, the Kremlin said the oblast had been “liberated”.
Another phase of the “special operation” has now been completed, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Moscow.
According to an analysis by
ZDF
the Russian forces had to accept heavy losses in the capture of Lysychansk.
However, the data on this is poor.
Only the Ukrainian army publishes regular statistics.
According to this, around 36,500 soldiers of the Russian military have fallen in the war so far.
In addition, there are probably around 110,000 wounded armed forces.
The analysis assumes that the number of fallen soldiers is even higher.
This is indicated by the material losses, for example more than 830 tanks have already been destroyed.
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The separatist people's republics are said to be particularly hard hit by the losses.
According to the analysis, they are used in the front lines.
The information cannot be independently verified.
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Update from Thursday, July 7th, 7:00 a.m.:
38 Russian soldiers were killed in the fighting in Ukraine on July 6th.
In addition, the military lost a T-62 tank, two 120mm "Sani" mortar complexes, two armored vehicles, four other vehicles, as well as three ammunition depots in the Mykolayiv region and a fuel and lubricants depot in Kherson.
This was announced by Operations Command South, a formation of the Ukrainian ground forces, in a Facebook video.
Some of the soldiers were killed in an attack on Ukrainian units in Dobrianka, Cherson.
After the troop lost five soldiers and one was wounded, they withdrew, as
Ukrinform quoted
from the video.
Ukraine-News: Russia's military abandons wounded troops
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In the storming of the Luhansk region, Russia must have suffered severe losses.
The region is not yet completely under Russian control, said Serhiy Hayday, head of the Luhansk region's military administration, according to
CNN
.
For more than four months, the Russian military has been trying to take over the region.
According to Hayday, they suffered "enormous losses" in equipment and soldiers.
The region's hospitals are full of Russian soldiers.
This information has not yet been independently verified.
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Russia launched an attack in the Donbass and failed because of the Ukrainian army.
“Ukrainian militants inflicted significant casualties on the enemy during an attempted attack around the villages of Verkhnyokamkanka, Bilohorivka and Hryhorivka.
The occupiers retreated," the General Staff said in Kyiv on Wednesday (July 6).
The fighting took place about 15 kilometers from the Russian-held city of Lysychansk.
In the Bakhmut area, the Ukraine also pushed back Russian troops and inflicted "casualties" on them, the dpa reported, citing a report by the general staff.
So far, the information could not be independently verified.
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Russia suffered significant losses after taking the twin cities of Sieverodonetsk and Lysychansk, as announced by the Luhansk region government.
It is said that the military left many dead and injured troops to their fate.
According to the renowned US think tank "Institute for the Study of War" (ISW), the combat capability of Russian troops is said to have suffered as a result of their ties to the region.
This is said to have prevented the Russian army from advancing to other regions in Ukraine.
In addition, the researchers assume in the analysis that the Russian offensive will stall in the coming weeks.
Update from Wednesday, July 6, 6:55 a.m .:
According to Ukrainian media, 36,200 soldiers of the Russian army have now fallen, 150 have been added compared to the last statistics.
18 other armored military vehicles were destroyed, bringing the total to 3,772.
Five tanks were destroyed, the total number is 1,594, Ukraine officials say.
According to reports from the Ukrainian online newspaper
Pravda
, Russian attacks in the east have been successfully repelled by Ukrainian forces.
The Russian army also lost two more artillery systems, for a total of 806. There was another loss of special equipment, while the number of vehicles and fuel tanks rose by eleven to 2,629.
The data shows a statistic published by the
Kyiv Independent
via Twitter.
Ukraine-News: Ukrainian military reports firing of Russian missiles
Update from Tuesday, July 5, 6:24 p.m .:
The air defense of the Ukrainian military is said to have succeeded in launching several Russian missiles on Tuesday morning.
This was reported by the responsible military leadership on Tuesday afternoon via social media.
A video released on the subject shows defensive weapons intercepting several missiles.
According to information from the Ukrainian military leadership, the Russian attacks are said to have been aimed at the nearby cities of Mykolaiv and Bashtanka in southern Ukraine.
First report from Tuesday, July 5, 12:48 p.m.:
Kiev/Moscow – The Ukrainian general staff has updated the statistics on Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war.
Accordingly, 36,350 soldiers have already fallen.
In addition, 1,594 tanks and 217 military aircraft have already been destroyed.
(tu/ska/hg/lm with dpa/AFP)