Heavy casualties for Russia: Ukraine kills 11 soldiers and destroys 12 tanks
Created: 09/09/2022, 17:24
By: Moritz Serif, Christian Stör
Russia continues to fight heavy losses in the Ukraine war.
The Ukrainian General Staff announces current figures.
The news ticker.
Losses for Russia:
According to Ukraine, almost 52,000 Russian soldiers have been killed so far
Editor's note:
You can read news about Russian losses in the Ukraine conflict in this news ticker.
Some of the information comes from warring factions in the Ukraine war and cannot be checked directly and independently.
Update from Friday, September 9th, 5:23 p.m .:
Ukraine says it has killed eleven Russian soldiers and destroyed twelve tanks.
Bridges in the Cherson region were also attacked.
Previously, Russia had suffered so many losses in Kharkiv that it had to send reinforcements.
Heavy losses for Russia - shortcomings of the military become apparent
First report from Friday, September 9th:
Moscow/Kiev - For Russia, the Ukraine war is currently not going according to plan.
Above all, the severe losses that the aggressor has suffered since the invasion began on February 24 are making things difficult for the country.
How high the Russian losses are is difficult to quantify.
The Kremlin has remained adamantly silent on this issue for some time.
At the beginning of the war it was different.
The Ministry of Defense said in an official statement at the end of March that 1,351 soldiers had been killed.
In April, Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov even admitted to British TV channel
Sky News
that Russia had "significant losses": "This is a huge tragedy for us."
Losses for Russia: In southern Ukraine, troops from Kyiv destroy tanks and attack bases.
(Archive image) © Alex Chan Tsz Yuk/DPA
During his speech on Wednesday (September 7) in Vladivostok, President Vladimir Putin boasted about it.
When asked how much Russia has gained and how much it has lost with the "special military operation" in Ukraine, Putin said succinctly: "We have lost nothing, we will lose nothing."
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Meanwhile, the Ukrainian General Staff publishes figures and data on Russia's losses every day.
According to this, 51,900 Russian soldiers have died in combat in the Ukraine war so far.
In addition, Ukraine destroyed, among other things, 2,122 Russian tanks, 239 aircraft and 15 boats.
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News about the Ukraine war: An overview of Russia's losses
Soldiers:
51,900
Aircraft:
239
Helicopters:
211
Tanks:
2122
Armored Fighting Vehicles:
4575
Artillery Systems:
1237
Air defense systems:
159
Multiple rocket launcher systems:
306
Cars and other vehicles:
3399
Ships:
15
Unmanned Combat Drones:
888
As of Friday 9 September 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.
CIA director Bill Burns, meanwhile, stressed at a conference in Washington, DC that the Ukraine war had exposed the shortcomings of the Russian military.
It is difficult to see the war as anything but a failure.
"The weakness of the Russian military has been exposed," Burns said.
(cs)