Heavy casualties for Russia: Ukraine invades key city of Lyman

Created: 01/10/2022, 15:25

By: Teresa Toth, Karolin Schäfer, Moritz Serif, Constantin Hoppe, Tim Vincent Dicke, Vincent Büssow, Lucas Maier, Jan-Frederik Wendt, Sarah Neumeyer

Russia suffered massive losses in the Ukraine war.

In Donzek, Ukraine reports “considerable successes”.

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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Another loss for Russia is looming in the Ukraine war.

Now Ukrainian troops have entered the key city of Lyman.

This is said to have been reported by Serhiy Cherevaty, the spokesman for the Eastern Group of Armed Forces of Ukraine on national television, reports the Ukrainian news portal Pravda.

As a result, videos were also circulating that are supposed to show fleeing Russian soldiers.

Losses for Russia: Ukraine is putting pressure on Putin's troops in the Donbass.

(Archive image) © Matthew Hatcher/IMAGO-Images

Heavy losses for Russia: Ukraine close to liberation from Lyman?

5000 soldiers surrounded

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According to their own statements, the Ukrainian army has surrounded Russian troops in eastern Ukraine.

Around 5,000 Russian soldiers were surrounded in the strategically important city of Lyman in the Donetsk region.

That was the status on Saturday morning, said the Ukrainian head of administration for Luhansk, Serhiy Hajdaj.

"The occupiers asked their leadership to come out if possible, and they were rebuffed," he said.

"They now have three courses of action: either they can try to break out or they surrender.

Or they all die together.

There are about 5,000 of them, there is no exact number.”

Hajdaj said there had never been such a number of encircled Russians in the war.

Almost all entrances are blocked.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi reported "considerable successes" of the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the east of the country.

Western military experts assume that Lyman will be completely freed in the next few days.

For the army of Russian President Vladimir Putin, this would be another massive defeat in the invasion that has been going on for more than seven months.

Losses for Russia: Hundreds of soldiers killed - military vehicles destroyed

Update from Saturday, October 1, 9:42 a.m .:

The Ukrainian General Staff has updated its information on Russia's losses.

Accordingly, 530 other Russian soldiers are said to have fallen.

According to the Ukrainian task force "South", air defense units also shot down a Russian helicopter and a combat drone over the Kherson region.

In addition, the Ukrainian military destroyed several tanks, artillery systems and other military vehicles.

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News in the Ukraine war: An overview of Russia's losses

• Soldiers: 

  59,610

• Aircraft:

   264

• Helicopters:

   226

• Tanks:

   2354

• Armored Fighting Vehicles:

   4949

• Artillery Systems:

   1397

• Air defense systems: 

  176

• Multiple rocket launcher systems:

   333

• Cars and other vehicles:

   3786

• Ships:

   15

• Unmanned Combat Drones:

   1009

• As of Saturday 1 October 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.

Heavy losses for Russia in Donetsk - Ukraine in key region 'in the final stages'

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“Everyone has heard what is happening in Lyman,” said Selenskyj in a video speech on Saturday night with a view of the strategically important small town in the Ukraine war, which is located in the Donetsk region that has just been incorporated by Moscow.

The Donetsk occupation chief Denis Puschilin had previously admitted the almost complete encirclement of Russian troops in Lyman by Ukrainian soldiers, reports the German Press Agency.

A spokesman for the Ukrainian troops had previously spoken of being in the “final phase” in Lyman.

Ukraine war: Heavy losses for Russia in Donetsk - Ukraine in Lyman "in final phase"

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In the Donetsk region, the troops of Ukraine are “in the final phase” of encircling the strategic key city of Lyman, as Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesman for the eastern troops, reports.

A video of the Ukrainian armed forces shows fleeing Russian soldiers, it is said to have been taken near the city, according to the Ukrainian online newspaper

.

“Our troops are trying to complete the encirclement of a group of Russian troops in the direction of Lyman.

The Russians want out.

We beat them with all weapons," Cherevatyi said, according to the US TV channel

.

It is not yet known how high the losses on the part of Russia are.

News in the Ukraine war: Losses for Russia are increasing

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On the day of the annexation of the four Ukrainian territories by Russia, there was a suspected paint attack on the Russian consulate in New York in the USA, as

writes.

The facade of the building was sprayed with red paint over a large area, as shown by photos published by

.

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The problems for Russia in the Ukraine war continue.

While the strategically important small town of Lyman in the Donetsk region is completely surrounded (see update from 11:00 a.m.), the losses continue to increase.

According to Ukrainian sources, more than 59,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in action.

(See update from 8:45 a.m.) For comparison: According to official figures, 14,453 Soviet soldiers fell in the ten-year war in Afghanistan.

Heavy losses for Russia in the Ukraine war: Troops in Donetsk are coming under increasing pressure

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The Russian troops are under heavy pressure in the Donetsk region.

In the battle for the strategically important small town of Lyman, Russian troops have taken several locations east of the town, according to Russian sources.

"Around midnight, Ukrainian troops managed to effectively encircle Lyman," the nationalist military

.

If Ukraine succeeds in capturing Lyman, the Ukrainian military will have access to Svatove and Kreminna, and thus deep into the Luhansk region, which Moscow has largely brought under its own control since the summer.

Update from Friday, September 30, 7:35 a.m .:

According to the Ukrainian task force “South”, two Russian SU-25 fighter jets were shot down over the southern Ukrainian region of Mykolaiv.

According to the

, the task force also reported a successful attack on a Russian command post near Beryslav and the destruction of a drone control center in Davydiv Brid in the Kherson region.

According to Ukrainian sources, 43 Russian soldiers were killed.

Four tanks, two Msta-B and Msta-S howitzers, two Grad multiple rocket launcher systems and two Giazint-S self-propelled guns were also destroyed.

Losses for Russia: 200,000 people flee partial mobilization

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Putin’s partial mobilization is not going according to plan.

Since the Russian President's announcement last Wednesday (September 21), more than 200,000 Russian citizens have fled Russia.

Around 100,000 Russians have traveled to Kazakhstan alone, Kazakhstan's deputy interior minister, Marat Kozheyev, told the

news agency on Wednesday (September 28) .

At least 53,000 people left the federation across the Georgian-Russian border between September 21 and 26, data from the Georgian Interior Ministry showed on Tuesday (September 27).

Almost 66,000 Russian citizens, on the other hand, entered the EU, according to the border protection

.

That is 30 percent more than in the previous week.

Losses for Russia: turning point for Putin?

Approval ratings fall for the first time since the beginning of the war

The partial mobilization is now also reflected in Putin's approval ratings, as indicated by a survey by the independent Russian polling institute Levada Center.

Satisfaction with the work of the Kremlin boss fell by six percentage points, the first drop since March and the beginning of the war.

34 percent of respondents reject the Kremlin's activities.

Heavy losses in the Ukraine war: is Russia on the brink of collapse in Donetsk?

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In the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, the Russian troops are apparently still on the defensive.

They have been threatened with encirclement by the Ukrainian army in northern Donetsk since Wednesday.

Russian war reporters reported on successful Ukrainian advances northeast and east of the small town of Lyman.

The collapse now seems only a matter of time.

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According to its own statements, the Ukrainian army has destroyed three Russian S-300 anti-aircraft systems near the city of Tokmak in the Zaporizhia area.

The General Staff announced this in its situation report on September 29 (as of 6:00 a.m.) on Facebook.

In addition, Ukrainian anti-aircraft defenses shot down four drones and four Ch-59 air-launched missiles.

News about the Ukraine war: The Russian losses in numbers

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The statistics of the Ukrainian general staff on Russia’s losses have been updated.

These are the data in a compact overview:

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In addition to the “East” task force (see update from 04.00 a.m.), the “South” command has also reported military successes.

Ukrainian troops say they destroyed Russian equipment and killed soldiers on Wednesday (September 28).

According to a situation report, 18 Russian forces fell.

In addition, two tanks, three drones and six armored vehicles were destroyed.

The information is not independently verifiable.

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.

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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

reported .

As a result, a Russian armored vehicle was secured.

Heavy losses for Russia: the military reports new figures

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Recordings by a Ukrainian drone unit apparently show attacks on Russian equipment in the east.

The Twitter account

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.

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

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.

News in the Ukraine war: Losses for Russia - Ukrainian military with further offensive actions

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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

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 assigned 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.

First report from Monday, September 26:

Ukrainian armed forces want to have destroyed five ammunition depots in southern Ukraine.

This is reported

.

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.

(red with AFP/dpa)