Heavy casualties: explosion at Russian air base
Created: 08/17/2022, 04:47
By: Tobias Utz, Moritz Serif, Christian Stör, Sarah Neumeyer
Russia suffers heavy losses in the Ukraine war.
The Ukrainian General Staff calls new figures: the news ticker.
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Editor
's note: Some of the information on the Ukraine conflict comes from warring factions and cannot be directly checked independently.
+++ 2:00 p.m .:
There were apparently explosions again on the Crimean peninsula.
The Russian newspaper
Kommersant
reports black clouds of smoke in the sky over a Russian air base.
According to a report by the
Guardian
, the base is near the city of Simferopol.
The information cannot be independently verified.
Update from Tuesday, August 16, 10 a.m.:
The Ukrainian General Staff has updated the statistics on Russia's losses – the data at a glance.
Soldiers:
43,900
Aircraft:
233
Helicopters:
196
Tanks:
1880
Armored Fighting Vehicles:
4152
Artillery systems:
989
Air defense systems:
136
Multiple rocket launcher systems:
263
Cars and other vehicles:
3049
Ships:
15
Unmanned combat drones:
790
As of Tuesday, August 16, 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.
Russian soldiers in an army vehicle.
(Iconic photo) © Sergei Malgavko / TASS / dpa
+++ 10 p.m.:
The Ukrainian army has now confirmed an attack on a base of the Russian mercenary force Wagner in eastern Ukraine (see update from 7 p.m.).
The base of the Wagner group was destroyed in the process, said the governor of the Luhansk region, Serhiy Hajday.
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+++ 7:00 p.m .:
The Ukrainian military has reportedly attacked a base of the Russian armed forces with Himar rocket launchers.
According to Ukrainian media outlet Hromadske, Russian Telegram channels have shared photos of the aftermath of an attack on a base in Popasna, in the eastern Luhansk region.
The photos show the recovery of injured or dead soldiers from the rubble and the destruction of the building.
The official number of injured and dead has not been confirmed.
The base is said to be a base for the Wagner paramilitary group, which is fighting for Russia in Ukraine.
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News about the Ukraine war: Heavy losses - Russia allegedly kills 100 "mercenaries"
+++ 2.45 p.m .:
According to the Russian military, 100 “foreign mercenaries” in the Kharkiv region have been killed in the last 24 hours.
In addition, 50 others were injured, said Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense in Moscow.
This does not correspond to statements made by the governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleh Synyehubov: he spoke of Russian rocket attacks on civilian buildings and industrial sites.
He gave no information about possible victims.
None of the above information is independently verifiable,
First report from Monday, August 15, 11:45 a.m .:
The Ukrainian Air Force has apparently shot down a military helicopter belonging to the Russian armed forces in the Donetsk region.
According to the General Staff, it was a "Ka-42" helicopter, also known as the "Alligator".
Recently, reports have accumulated that Ukraine has shot down such helicopters.
This information cannot be independently verified.
(mse/tu/sne/cs with dpa/AFP)