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Losses to Russia: Hundreds of Russian soldiers captured in Kharkiv Created: 09/18/2022, 05:02 By: Helena Gries, Teresa Toth, Karolin Schäfer, Moritz Serif, Nadja Austel, Nail Akkoyun, Lucas Maier, Christian Stör Ukraine's counteroffensive is progressing. In Kharkiv, the armed forces managed to arrest numerous Russian soldiers. The situation in the news ticker. Editor's note:  You can read news


Losses to Russia: Hundreds of Russian soldiers captured in Kharkiv

Created: 09/18/2022, 05:02

By: Helena Gries, Teresa Toth, Karolin Schäfer, Moritz Serif, Nadja Austel, Nail Akkoyun, Lucas Maier, Christian Stör

Ukraine's counteroffensive is progressing.

In Kharkiv, the armed forces managed to arrest numerous Russian soldiers.

The situation in the news ticker.

  • 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.

+++ 10:20 p.m .:

In the counter-offensive in the Kharkov region, Ukrainian forces captured several hundred Russian soldiers.

This emerges from an interview with Reuters by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which Zelenskyy published on Telegram on Saturday (September 17).

The arrest of the soldiers is extremely important, especially for possible prisoner exchanges, according to the President.

Because Russia is currently holding more Ukrainian prisoners than Ukraine is holding Russian soldiers.

When asked how many Russian soldiers were captured during the counter-offensive, Zelenskyy said it was "hundreds".

Ukrainian troops have almost completely liberated the Kharkiv region.

© Leo Correa/dpa

Losses for Russia: Ukrainian air force destroys Russian defense systems

+++ 19:18:

The Ukrainian Air Force fired on ten areas where Russian soldiers and their equipment were located, as well as three positions of Russian troops' anti-aircraft missile systems.

This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Saturday (September 17) on Facebook.

In addition, Ukrainian forces shot down a drone and destroyed an enemy command post and an ammunition depot.

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Losses for Russia: Partisans blow up railway line in occupied city

+++ 17:16:

There was an explosion in Melitopol, a city occupied by Russian troops in Zaporizhia Oblast.

As reported by the Ukrainian news agency Ria-Melitopol, Ukrainian partisans blew up a railway line that the Russian occupiers were using to deliver fuel and weapons for their military equipment from Crimea. 

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The explosion was confirmed by Russian forces.

They described the partisans' blow-up as "an attack by Ukrainian fighters".

According to current information, no people were injured or killed in the explosion.

Losses for Russia: Ukraine Command "South" reports successes

+++ 14:22:

Russian troops have attacked Ukrainian positions in several regions of the country - the Ministry of Defense reported in Moscow.

The areas of Cherson, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv and Donetsk are affected.

In Sloviansk, the thermal power plant is said to have been damaged by Russian shelling.

Firefighters are currently fighting a blaze at the scene, according to a report by the Kyiv Independent.

Two civilians were also killed and eleven others injured in Russian attacks in the cities of Bakhmut and Sviatohirsk.

+++ 11.55 a.m .:

As reported by The Kyiv Independent, a Russian military base near occupied Melitopol was destroyed.

The city's mayor Ivan Fedorov announced on September 17 that a fire broke out at a base in the Molochnyi Lyman area in southeastern Zaporizhia Oblast, destroying the facility.

News about the Ukraine war: The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense publishes Russian casualties

+++ 10:00 a.m .:

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has updated the statistics on Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war.

According to this, more than 54,200 soldiers have fallen – an overview.

  • Soldiers: 

    54,250

  • Aircraft:

     250

  • Helicopters:

     216

  • Tanks:

     2202

  • Armored Fighting Vehicles:

     4701

  • Artillery Systems:

     1306

  • Air defense systems: 

    168

  • Multiple rocket launcher systems:

     312

  • Cars and other vehicles:

     3571

  • Ships:

     15

  • Unmanned Combat Drones:

     911

  • As of Saturday 17 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.

News about the Ukraine war: Task Force "South" reports successes - 33 Russian soldiers killed

+++ Update from Saturday, September 17, 7:05 a.m .:

The Ukrainian military destroys Russian equipment in southern Ukraine.

This is reported by the portal

The Kyiv Independent

.

According to the Ukrainian task force "South", Ukrainian forces killed 33 Russian soldiers and destroyed two Russian tanks, an Msta-B howitzer, a 120mm mortar and nine armored vehicles.

Ukraine war news: explosion at Russian-occupied airfield

+++ 4.30 p.m .: 

In the afternoon there was apparently a “strong explosion” at an airfield in the city of Melitopol (Zaporizhia region) occupied by Russian troops.

This was stated by Mayor Ivan Fyodorov, according to a report by the 

Kyiv Independent

news portal .

He did not give any further details.

The information is not independently verifiable.

Update from Friday, September 16, 8 a.m.:

The chairman of the self-proclaimed so-called “Luhansk People's Republic” (LPR), Leonid Pasechnik, admits the losses along the entire front in the Ukrainian army's offensive.

The Ukrainians have approached the borders of the "Luhansk People's Republic", "but there is no reason to panic," said Pasechnik.

Meanwhile, according to the news portal

Nexta

, the Russian city of Valuiki near the Ukrainian border was also attacked.

More than 20 rockets are said to have hit the city during the night. 

Ukraine war news: Russian troops flee “under control”

+++ 11.30 a.m .:

As the British Ministry of Defense explained on Twitter, the Russian armed forces have “largely withdrawn from the area west of the Oskil River”.

The river lies north of the cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.

While some Russian troops fled "under control," others fled "in apparent panic."

High-quality equipment left behind by the fleeing Russian troops only underscores the disorganized withdrawal of many forces, it said.

News about the Ukraine war: Ukrainian military shoots down Russian fighter jets

+++ 10.30 a.m .:

Four fighter jets from the Russian army were apparently shot down in Ukrainian airspace on Thursday.

According to a report by the

Kyiv Independent

news portal, the Ukrainian general staff said so .

These were three SU-25 fighter jets and one SU-24 aircraft.

According to the general statistics on Russia's losses in the Ukraine war, which the General Staff also publishes daily, 250 Russian aircraft have been shot down since the beginning of the invasion at the end of February.

According to the latest report, there are now 254. The information comes from a war party and is therefore not independently verifiable.

Russia Losses: Kherson Offensive Ratio Announced

+++ 8:20 a.m .:

In the current offensive in the Cherson region, the armed forces of Ukraine seem to be inflicting high losses on the troops from Russia.

Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, recently gave details of the losses on both sides

on the Ukrainian

TV channel Kanal 24 .

The ratio of casualties is said to be around 9 or 10 to one, meaning that 9 to 10 Russian soldiers are said to be killed in the offensive for every loss suffered by Ukraine.

"We are not only breaking stereotypes at the military level, but also in the eyes of the representatives of the NATO countries and our partners," Danilov classified the relationship.

Update from Thursday, September 15, 6:45 a.m .:

In the south, the Ukrainian armed forces have inflicted further losses on Russian troops.

In addition to two ammunition depots, howitzers and vehicles are said to have been destroyed, according to the Ukrainian Operations Command South.

  • Announced casualties on the Russian side (September 14):

  • Msta-B howitzers:

    5

  • 2S1 Howitzer “Carnation”:

    1

  • Armored vehicles:

    13

  • Ammo storage:

    2

  • Other equipment:

    31

  • Source: Command South

According to the summary of the armed forces, the situation in southern Ukraine remains tense.

The Ukrainian information could not be independently verified.

+++ 8:00 p.m.:

The Ukrainian military has stated that the Russian forces are trying to withdraw their S-300 air defense systems “deep into the temporarily captured areas”.

Russian air defenses have become more vulnerable since Ukraine acquired US-made High-Speed ​​Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM),

according to

CNN .

The Ukrainian air force itself carried out eleven attacks, the general staff report continued.

In addition, Ukrainian missile units "attacked areas where the enemy's manpower and combat equipment are concentrated," including in Kherson.

Heavy losses in the Ukraine war: Russia admits defeat for the time being

+++ 3:00 p.m .:

Since the beginning of the counteroffensive, the Ukrainian troops have apparently liberated more than 300 settlements.

This emerges from an analysis by the news portal

Kyiv Independent

.

This began on September 6th and affected the Kharkiv region in particular.

The information is not independently verifiable.

+++ 12.00 p.m .:

The Ukrainian General Staff reports that the Ukrainian military has repelled eight Russian attacks in the last 24 hours.

Ukrainian forces successfully repelled attacks near Avdiivka, Spirne and Maiorsk in the Donetsk region.

Ukraine war news: Heavy casualties for Russia - 350 soldiers die in one day 

Update from Wednesday, September 14, 10:30 a.m .:

The Ukrainian general staff has announced new figures for Russian losses in the Ukraine war.

As the news portals

Kyiv Independent

and

Nexta

unanimously report, more than 53,600 soldiers from the Russian military have already died.

Compared to the publication on Tuesday (September 13), 350 dead soldiers have been added.

The data in a compact overview:

  • Soldiers: 

    53,650

  • Aircraft:

     246

  • Helicopters:

     215

  • Tanks:

     2180

  • Armored Fighting Vehicles:

     4665

  • Artillery systems:

     1290

  • Air defense systems: 

    167

  • Multiple rocket launcher systems:

     311

  • Cars and other vehicles:

     3501

  • Ships:

     15

  • Unmanned Combat Drones:

     908

  • As of Wednesday 14 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.

First report from Wednesday, September 14, 7 a.m.:

As the think tank “Institute for the Study of War” reports, the Kremlin admits defeat for the first time since the beginning of the war.

Accordingly, Russian officials and media propagandists are currently discussing the reasons for the Russian defeat in the Kharkiv Oblast, the Institute for War Studies wrote in its latest update.

The Russian Defense Ministry tried to explain Russia's defeat in ways similar to the "goodwill gesture" of withdrawing from Snake Island or the decision to prioritize the "liberation" of Donbass after the defeat around Kyiv, but the answer drew criticism online, so the ISW.

(na/hg/kas/tt/mse/cs with dpa/AFP)

Source: merkur

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