Heavy losses for Russia: Ukraine hits Russian column, 80 soldiers dead
Created: 08/01/2022 05:02
By: Tim Vincent Dicke, Jan-Frederik Wendt, Christian Stör
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's note: Some of the information on the Ukraine conflict comes from warring factions and cannot be directly checked independently.
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According to a report by the Kyiv Independent, the Ukrainian army can claim a successful strike against the Russian military.
Citing the Odessa administration, the medium wrote that Ukraine, using the dreaded HIMARS system, hit a Russian motorcade of around 40 vehicles near Kherson.
Around 80 Russian soldiers were killed and 200 others injured in the action.
The column came from the Crimean peninsula to transport troops, ammunition and equipment, it said.
Heavy losses for Russia: Ukraine destroys ammunition depots
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According to their own statements, the Ukrainian military has destroyed two ammunition depots belonging to the Russian conflict party.
Two howitzers, a multiple rocket launcher, three armored fighting vehicles and a device for launching anti-tank guided missiles were destroyed, reports the national news agency Ukrinform, citing official military information.
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+++ 3.15 p.m .:
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The Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol, Mykhailo Razvozhaev, said a Ukrainian drone had attacked the local headquarters of the Russian fleet, injuring five people.
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Heavy losses for Russia: Ukrainian military announces new numbers
+++ 10.30 a.m .:
According to the latest statistics from the Ukrainian army on Russia’s losses, 40,830 soldiers have already fallen.
In addition, 223 military aircraft and 1763 tanks were destroyed.
An overview of the data:
Soldiers:
40,830
Aircraft:
223
Helicopters:
190
Tanks:
1763
Armored Fighting Vehicles:
4004
Artillery systems:
916
Air defense systems:
117
Multiple rocket launcher systems:
259
Cars and other vehicles:
2902
Ships:
15
Unmanned Combat Drones:
7353
As of Sunday 31 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 News: Heavy Losses for Russia
Update from Sunday, July 31, 6 a.m.:
The Ukrainian military says it has killed dozens of Russian soldiers in fighting in the south, including in the Kherson region, which is the focus of the Kiev counter-offensive in this part of the country and is an important connection to Moscow's supply lines.
The train service to Cherson via the Dnieper was interrupted, the military command south said on Saturday.
This could further isolate Russian forces west of the river from supplies to occupied Crimea and the East.
This information cannot be independently verified.
First report from Saturday, July 30, 4:30 p.m.:
According to the Ukrainian military, Ukrainian paratroopers crashed a Russian nuclear-capable Su-25 fighter plane over the Donetsk region on Friday (July 29).
This is reported by the Ukrainian news portal
Kyiv Independent
.
The information cannot be independently verified.
According to the Ukrainian General Staff, at least 222 Russian military aircraft have been shot down since the start of the war.
Russia has not given any information about casualties in the war.
(cs/jfw with dpa/AFP)
