Russian casualties: military jet and kamikaze drone shot down
Created: 09/21/2022, 04:52
By: Helena Gries, Teresa Toth, Karolin Schäfer, Moritz Serif, Nadja Austel, Nail Akkoyun, Lucas Maier, Christian Stör
Ukraine's counteroffensive continues.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense publishes the latest casualty statistics for Russia.
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.
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Early on Tuesday evening, soldiers of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Cherson region fended off an attack by a Russian aircraft and instead shot down the Su-25 attack jet.
This is reported by the
Ukrainska Pravda
news portal , which cites information shared by the military leadership of the Ukrainian Air Force on Facebook.
Shortly before, soldiers in the Mykolayiv region shot down an Iranian-made kamikaze drone.
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Russia suffers immense losses in the Ukraine war.
That is why Moscow is apparently emptying important air defense bases in order to supply the armed forces in Ukraine with weapons.
This emerges from satellite images, as reported by the Finnish news agency
Yleisradio Oy
.
According to this, Russia is moving anti-aircraft missiles from St. Petersburg towards Ukraine.
Russia's military resorts to old weapons - military ship sunk
The equipment is therefore largely the S-300 air defense system.
The guided missiles date from the 1970s and have a shorter range than newer missiles.
However, Russia has reportedly upgraded Soviet-era equipment with GPS technology, allowing them to attack more specific targets.
According to reports from Ukraine, Russia is using outdated S-300 missiles in the Ukraine war.
(Archive image) © Sergei Chirikov/dpa
News about the Ukraine war: The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense publishes Russian casualties
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The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has updated the statistics on Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war.
Accordingly, 54,810 soldiers fell - an overview.
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Soldiers:
54,810
Aircraft:
252
Helicopters:
217
Tanks:
2216
Armored Fighting Vehicles:
4724
Artillery systems:
1323
Air defense systems:
168
Multiple rocket launcher systems:
318
Cars and other vehicles:
3587
Ships:
16
Unmanned Combat Drones:
925
As of Tuesday, September 20, 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.
Update from Tuesday, September 20, 7:05 a.m .:
Ukrainian forces are said to have sunk a Russian military ship on the Dnipro River in the Kherson Oblast.
This was reported by the Southern Operations Command of Ukraine on September 19 on Facebook.
The Ukrainian military reportedly sank a Russian barge laden with military personnel, equipment and weapons as it attempted to cross the Dnipro near Nova Kakhovka and Kozatske.
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The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Ukrainian military's counteroffensive is undermining the already low morale among Russian troops.
According to a report by
Ukrayinska Pravda, this is causing panic among Kremlin deputies and decision-makers.
The Ukrainian military has destroyed a Russian military ship (icon image).
© IMAGO/Mikhail Golenkov
News on the Ukraine war: Occupied settlement in Luhansk liberated - Heavy fighting expected
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The liberation of regions in Ukraine occupied by Russia is progressing.
According to Ukrainian sources, the town of Bilohorivka in the east of the country has been recaptured.
However, the liberation in the Luhansk region was more difficult than in Kharkiv due to the large number of Russian armed forces, said the region's governor, Serhiy Hajdaj.
"This element of surprise will no longer be there," Hajdaj said in an interview with Ukrainian radio station
NV
.
“Those who fled from the direction of Kharkiv are in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.” Fierce fighting is now taking place there.
Losses for Russia: Russian troops surrounded
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Russian troops are encircled in southern Ukraine between the Ukrainian army and the banks of the Dnipro River.
"The fire control that we maintain over the crossings and transport routes across the Dnipro River makes them realize that they are caught between Ukrainian forces and the right bank of the river - namely the units stationed in that part of the Kherson Oblast," Nataliia Humeniuk said , spokeswoman for the Southern Task Force, in a Ukrainian news program.
The occupiers were offered to lay down their arms and surrender.
"Therefore, they were offered an interim solution under the auspices of international humanitarian law or a return to their homes," Humeniuk said.
According to the spokeswoman, Ukraine is aware that some Russian soldiers lack morale and see no point in serving at the front.
"They see the example of the Eastern Front and it is very discouraging for them because they understand that such a course is also possible," Humeniuk said.
In recent weeks and months, the Antonivka Bridge, which connects the river banks, has been repeatedly shelled by the Russian army.
Russia used the bridge to transport essential goods such as ammunition, fuel, and food.
News on the Ukraine war: Pro-Russian forces accuse "retaliatory attack" with 13 dead
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The separatists supported by Russia in the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Donetsk have accused Ukraine of an attack that killed 13 people.
"According to initial information," 13 civilians were killed in the "retaliatory attack" in the Kuibyshevskyi district in western Donetsk city, Russian news agencies reported on Monday, citing statements by the city's Moscow-backed mayor, Alexei Kemsulin, in online networks.
The number of injured has yet to be determined, Kemsulin said.
"Nine projectiles with a caliber of 155 millimeters" were fired at the city from the village of Netailove, about 15 kilometers from Donetsk as the crow flies.
Kemsulin called on the population "only to leave the house if it is absolutely necessary".
The Ukrainian attack and the stated number of casualties could not be independently verified.
News about the Ukraine war: Ukraine claims to have destroyed a Russian military base
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Ukraine claims to have destroyed a Russian military base in the occupied Luhansk region.
Serhiy Haidai said the Russian base at Kadiivka was attacked on the night of September 19.
The official added that Ukraine also successfully attacked Russian military equipment and troops in Novoaidarsk.
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Russia is said to have lost four fighter jets in Ukraine in the last ten days.
The British Ministry of Defense said in its Sept. 19 intelligence update that Russia has lost about 55 fighter jets since the start of the full-scale war.
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About 200 Russian soldiers are said to have been killed by an explosion in the Russian-occupied city of Svatove.
The governor of the Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai, reported on September 18 that around 200 Russian occupiers were said to have been killed in the explosion in the Russian-held town of Svatove.
This is reported
by The Kyiv Independent.
A Svatove bus station is said to have been bombed by Ukraine.
Haidai reports this in its Telegram channel.
Ukraine War News: Ukrainian Air Force conducts 20 airstrikes
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According to the General Staff, the Ukrainian Air Force has carried out 20 airstrikes and successfully hit 15 Russian fortresses and four locations with its air defense systems.
Ukrainian artillery also hit nine Russian fortresses and seven checkpoints, as well as air defense systems, the Ukrainian General Staff said on Facebook on Sunday evening.
Ukraine War News: Losses to Russia - 62 Russian Soldiers Killed
Update from Sunday, September 18, 6:55 a.m .:
The Ukrainian military destroys a barge with personnel and equipment in southern Ukraine.
This is reported
by The Kyiv Independent.
According to the Ukrainian task force "South", on September 17, Ukrainian forces killed 62 Russian soldiers and destroyed two UAVs and five armored vehicles.
Russian soldiers tried to advance but were reportedly pushed back by Ukrainian defenders in Kherson Oblast, the command said.
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: Heavy casualties for Russia - 350 soldiers die in one day
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)
