Heavy losses for Russia: Task Force “East” reports that missiles have been launched
Created: 09/29/2022, 04:11
By: Karolin Schäfer, Moritz Serif, Tim Vincent Dicke, Vincent Büssow, Lucas Maier, Jan-Frederik Wendt
Russia suffered massive losses in the Ukraine war.
The Ukrainian General Staff announces the latest numbers.
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.
Update from Thursday, September 29, 4 a.m.:
The Ukrainian army has apparently shot down four Russian missiles in the Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
According to a report by the news portal Kyiv Independent, the task force "East" explained that the "KH-59" air-to-surface missiles were fired by "SU-35" fighter jets.
The defense system destroyed the projectiles, it said.
The information is not independently verifiable.
The Russian troops in Ukraine are suffering heavy casualties.
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According to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Russia has lost 58,150 soldiers.
In addition, 261 planes, 224 helicopters and 2,312 tanks have been crushed since the start of the Ukraine war, the ministry said.
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According to the General Staff, Ukraine fended off Russian attacks on a total of eleven settlements on Wednesday.
Ukrainian forces have fended off Russian attempts to advance into several villages in eastern Donetsk Oblast, sources said.
At the same time, the liberation of the settlement of Novoselivka in the Donetsk region was announced.
The Ukrainian military liberated the village together with the air force, the news portal
Kyiv Independent
reported .
As a result, a Russian armored vehicle was secured.
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Recordings by a Ukrainian drone unit apparently show attacks on Russian equipment in the east.
The Twitter account
Ukraine Weapons Tracker
reports that a launcher, several transport trucks, a tank and four rocket launchers were destroyed.
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According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian military, more than 58,000 Russian soldiers have fallen in the Ukraine war.
The statistics, which are updated daily, at a glance.
Soldiers:
58,150
Aircraft:
261
Helicopters:
224
Tanks:
2312
Armored Fighting Vehicles:
4889
Artillery systems:
1381
Air defense systems:
175
Multiple rocket launcher systems:
331
Cars and other vehicles:
3742
Ships:
15
Unmanned Combat Drones:
977
As of Wednesday 28 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.
Update from Wednesday, September 28, 5:45 a.m .:
The Ukrainian task force "South" reported that soldiers were killed on Tuesday and Russian army equipment was destroyed.
As the news portal
Kyiv Independent
reports, 58 armed forces are said to have fallen.
In addition, a tank, seven military vehicles, an "Orlan-10" drone and a "SU-35" fighter jet were destroyed.
The information cannot be independently verified.
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A total of 454 settlements in the Kharkiv region are said to have been liberated by the Ukrainian military.
Reconstruction has now begun there.
The work of the police as well as banks, shops and schools are to be resumed.
“Thanks to the offensive actions of the Ukrainian military in the region, 454 settlements were liberated.
To date, 14 police stations have resumed their work in the liberated areas, 90 educational institutions have been established," Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Presidential Office, was quoted as saying by the
prava.com
news portal .
Mobile communications are also possible again in many places, and the electricity and gas supply has also been restored.
Repairs to roofs and barrels are also underway, Tymoshenko informed.
Daily necessities such as groceries, hygiene articles and baby products would be made available to the residents.
News on the Ukraine war: Ukrainian military destroys equipment
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The Ukrainian Air Force claims to have destroyed three Iranian Shahed 136 drones used by Russia.
The drones attacked Mykolayiv Oblast in the morning.
The Ukrainian military also claimed it was gaining experience in destroying kamikaze drones.
News about the Ukraine war: Russia loses 57,750 soldiers
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The Ukrainian General Staff has announced the latest figures on Russian losses.
A total of 57,750 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine since the invasion on February 24.
In addition, Russia is said to have lost 2,306 tanks and 261 aircraft.
News about the Ukraine war: Russia loses three tanks in an ambush
Update from Tuesday, September 27, 9:00 a.m.:
Ukrainian forces say they attacked three Russian "Tiger" tanks and burned down another vehicle in a forest in the Donetsk region.
"Soldiers of the special forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ambushed the enemy in a forest massif in the Donetsk region," reads the caption of a Facebook video.
"During the operation, the battle group burned a Russian combat vehicle and completely destroyed the crews of three Tigers."
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According to Ukraine, Russia has suffered heavy losses.
260 aircraft and 224 helicopters have been destroyed since the beginning of the war.
President Zelenskyy said that partial mobilization could only delay Putin's defeat of the Kremlin.
Heavy losses: Russia loses 57,200 soldiers
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In addition, Russia lost 57,200 soldiers during the war.
4857 armored fighting vehicles and 1369 artillery systems were destroyed.
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According to the Ministry of Defense, Ukraine has so far destroyed 2290 tanks during the war with Russia.
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Ukrainian troops have apparently destroyed an attack formation of Russian vehicles in the Donetsk region.
Two MT-LB infantry fighting vehicles, one BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle, one tank and one IMR-2 tracked vehicle fell victim to anti-tank mines.
A video was circulated on the internet.
The information cannot be independently verified.
News about the Ukraine war: Russian soldiers unprepared - high losses likely
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According to British secret services, many Russian fighters recruited by the recent partial mobilization are going to the war in Ukraine without sound training or experience.
Moscow is now faced with the enormous challenge of training the troops, according to a short report by the British Ministry of Defense on Monday.
In the Russian army, in contrast to many western armies, it is customary to undergo initial training within operational units rather than in special training institutions.
A certain number of instructors are normally allocated within each brigade to train new recruits.
However, many of these so-called third battalions are currently deployed to Ukraine.
The lack of instructors and the rushed nature of the partial mobilization indicated that many soldiers were being sent to the front without adequate preparation.
This makes high losses likely.
Update from Monday, September 26, 6:50 a.m.:
Ukrainian armed forces want to have destroyed five ammunition depots in southern Ukraine.
This is reported
by The Kyiv Independent
.
According to the Ukrainian task force "South", on September 25, Ukrainian forces killed 43 Russian soldiers and destroyed three tanks, a self-propelled artillery system and nine armored vehicles.
News about the Ukraine war: Russian army has to accept heavy losses
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Ukraine has reported some successes in the last 24 hours in the war against Russia.
As the news
site Ukrainska Pravda
reports, citing the Ukrainian general staff, the Russian army has suffered heavy losses in military equipment and infrastructure.
A total of nine air defense systems and two Russian unmanned aerial vehicles were hit.
In addition, Ukraine is said to have hit six command posts, six ammunition depots and a large number of other Russian targets with rockets.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, an attack jet and a helicopter from Russia were also shot down.
Heavy casualties for Russia: 400 soldiers die - pro-Russian politician killed
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He was a former member of parliament of Ukraine and recently sided with the attackers from Russia – now he is said to be dead.
Oleksiy Zhuravko is said to have died in a rocket attack in Kherson.
The Russian state agency
RIA Novosti
published the report on Sunday (September 25) that another person is said to have died in the attack by Ukraine.
Only on Friday (September 23) Zhuravko is said to have published a video of himself during the mock voting.
He is said to have fled to Russia in 2015, according to the Ukrainian news portal
pravda.ua
.
In addition, 20 vehicles were destroyed and 10 other drones destroyed.
As the day before, Russia had to accept most of the losses in the Kramatorsk and Donetsk regions, as the General Staff writes.
First report from Sunday, September 25:
The Ukrainian military command "South" reports high losses on the part of Russia.
In Cherson and Kakhovka, three depots with weapons and equipment and two air defense systems were attacked.
Artillery units opened fire on Russian forces 266 times yesterday (September 24), the command writes.
During these attacks, the army loyal to Moscow lost 57 soldiers.
In addition, 30 units of equipment were destroyed, according to the report.
Losses on the Russian side in southern Ukraine
Howitzers:
2 Msta-B howitzers, one “Acacia” self-propelled howitzer and another 122 mm howitzer
Artillery:
“Gvozdika” tank artillery and a “Grad” multiple rocket launcher
Vehicles:
Two command and staff vehicles and 19 units of other armored vehicles.
Source: Command "South"
(red with AFP/dpa)
