Russia loses nearly 600 mobilized conscripts in three months

Created: 01/03/2023Updated: 01/03/2023 07:13

By: Helena Gries, Caspar Felix Hoffmann, Karolin Schäfer, Sebastian Richter, Niklas Hecht, Vincent Büssow, Jan-Frederik Wendt, Christian Stör, Sandra Kathe, Moritz Serif, Lucas Maier, Sarah Neumeyer

Russia continues to record losses in the Ukraine war.

Some conscripts from Putin's partial mobilization never make it to the front.

The news ticker.

• An overview of Russia's losses:

  Kiev publishes new figures every day in the Ukraine conflict.

• Editor's note:

  Some of the information on the Ukraine war processed here comes from the warring parties in Russia and Ukraine.

  They can therefore not be independently checked in part.

Update from January 3rd, 7:15 a.m .:

At least 538 mobilized Russian conscripts are said to have died in the past three months, reports the

news portal with reference to

Together with the Russian news

,

carried out a roll-call count of the dead.

Accordingly, the average age of the deceased Russian conscripts was 30 to 35 years.

reported that 38 mobilized Russian conscripts died on Russian territory before being sent to Ukraine.

Heart problems and alcohol abuse in training centers were given as causes of death.

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Heavy losses for Russia: Ukrainian Air Force flies numerous attacks

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During the course of Monday (January 2), the Ukrainian Air Force flew ten attacks on the deployment areas of the Russian military and five more on the positions of the Russian anti-aircraft systems.

This emerges from a report by the Ukrainian General Staff on Facebook.

"The enemy, having lost many soldiers, continues to focus on offensive operations in the Bakhmut direction and is trying to improve its tactical position in the Kupyansk and Avdiivka directions," the report said.

Ukrainian soldiers take position during fighting with Russian troops near Marjinka in Donetsk region.

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On Sunday (January 1), the Ukrainian armed forces struck the Russian positions from which Cherson was heavily shelled on Saturday (December 31).

This was announced on Facebook by Serhiy Khlan, deputy of the Kherson regional council.

"Yesterday our armed forces gave a strong response to the Russians' terror on New Year's Eve," Khlan said.

Attack in Donbass: Russia confirms high losses

+++ 3 p.m .:

Russia confirmed the death of 63 soldiers after the Ukrainian rocket attacks in the Donbass on New Year’s night.

The missiles hit a temporary shelter in the Russian-occupied town of Makiivka, the Defense Ministry said in Moscow.

All help will be given to the relatives, the statement said.

Otherwise, Russia hardly gives any figures on killed soldiers in its own ranks.

It was the highest number of deaths in one place that Russia itself had reported.

The Ukrainian military had previously spoken of 400 Russian soldiers killed and 300 injured (see update from 2:30 p.m.). 

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On Monday (January 2), Telegram channels close to the Kremlin and war correspondents reported numerous deaths in the town in the Donetsk region.

There was talk of more than 70 dead and more than 100 injured.

The reports increased the pressure on the ministry in Moscow, which suddenly released a figure at the end of the daily war bulletin that afternoon that many consider too low.

Losses for Russia: Ukrainian army puts hundreds of Russians out of action

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The number of Russian losses in the attack on the city of Makiivka is still unclear.

While Ukraine speaks of up to 400 dead Russian soldiers (see update from 12.15 p.m.), the pro-Russian authorities admitted victims, but did not confirm the reported numbers.

TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov wrote on Telegram that there were "significant casualties" but the number of 400 was "not even close".

On the other hand, ex-intelligence officer Igor Girkin spoke of the fact that

Hundreds were killed and wounded.

The building hit in the attack on New Year's Eve was "almost completely destroyed".

+++ 12.15 p.m .:

According to reports from both sides, numerous soldiers recently dispatched from Moscow were killed in an attack on a complex in the Russian-controlled city of Makiivka on New Year’s Day.

It is one of the deadliest incidents involving Russian conscripts to date, the British

reports.

The Ukrainian military command said up to 400 Russian soldiers were killed in the incident in Makiyevka, a town in the Moscow-controlled parts of Donetsk region.

Pro-Russian authorities confirmed late Sunday (January 1) that there were casualties.

However, they did not comment on the Ukrainian figures.

Heavy casualties for Russia: More Shahed drones shot down

+++ 11.00 a.m .:

According to its own statements, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense shot down 39 Shahed drones originating from Iran and a cruise missile last night.

Earlier, Ukraine's regional military command in the east of the country said that air defense systems had destroyed nine Iranian Shahed drones over the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions by the early hours of Monday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy added in his address on Sunday evening that "a total of 45 'Shaheds' were shot down in the first night of the year".

Himar missiles hit Donetsk region

++ 10.25 a.m .:

According to reports, several people were killed in an attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Makiivka in the Donetsk region occupied by Moscow forces after a military headquarters was hit.

The Moscow-installed administration of the Donetsk region said on Sunday (January 1) that at least 25 rockets were fired at the region on New Year's Eve.

Russian state news agency Tass quoted a Moscow official as saying that at least 15 people were injured in a series of Himar rocket fires in Makivka.

Heavy losses for Russia: number of soldiers killed climbs to over 107,000

+++ 9.20 a.m .:

Again the Ukrainian general staff reports high Russian losses in the Ukraine war.

As reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on Twitter, the Russian military is said to have lost a total of 107,440 soldiers from the beginning of the war to the morning of January 2nd.

The information cannot be checked independently, the Russian information is significantly lower than that of the Ukrainian authorities.

• Soldiers:

  107,440 (+720)

• Aircraft:

  283 (+0)

• Helicopters:

  269 (+0)

• Tanks:

  3031 (+0)

• Armored fighting vehicles: 

  6093 (+9)

• Artillery systems:

  2027 (+6)

• Air defense systems:

   213 (+0)

• Multiple Rocket Launchers:

   423 (+0)

• Cars and other vehicles:

   4725 (+5)

• Ships:

   16 (+0)

• Unmanned Combat Drones:

   1836 (+44)

• (Source: Ukrainian General Staff report of January 2)

Ukrainian Air Force shoots down 20 Russian targets

Update from January 2, 6:18 a.m .:

The military administration of the city of Kiev reported that the Ukrainian air defense system shot down around 20 targets over the city on the night of January 2, reports the

.

How many drones were among them has not yet been announced.

Losses for Russia: Ukrainian Air Force flies attacks on Russian positions

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On Sunday (January 1) the Ukrainian air force flew 13 attacks on areas where Russian soldiers were staying.

This emerges from a report published by the Ukrainian general staff on Facebook in the evening.

In addition, Ukrainian missile and artillery units hit two areas where Russian troops and military equipment were located.

According to the Ukrainian General Staff, on Sunday (January 1) Russian troops carried out 35 airstrikes.

The Russian military used Shahed drones in particular, but they were all shot down by Ukrainian military units.

War in Ukraine: Ukrainian border guards "destroy" up to ten Russian soldiers

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Ukrainian border guards “destroyed” up to ten Russian soldiers “in the direction of Bachmut” in eastern Ukraine and destroyed a Russian infantry fighting vehicle and injured or killed its crew.

A corresponding message was published by the Ukrainian border guard on Telegram.

In addition, the air reconnaissance of the border guards in the Luhansk region discovered a Russian infantry fighting vehicle in a forest area.

In cooperation with the Ukrainian artillery, the Russian vehicle was destroyed and the crew was dead.

Germany stops crude oil imports from Russia at the turn of the year

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Russia attacked Ukraine on New Year’s night with a total of 45 drones, according to the air defense in Kiev.

All Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze combat drones were destroyed by the Ukrainian air defenses, the armed forces said on New Year's Day in Kyiv.

"It was not possible to spoil the holiday for the Ukrainians," the statement said.

Russia uses the drones under its own name Geran - in German: geranium - to cover up Iranian involvement.

Russia and Iran have long cooperated militarily.

Update from Sunday, January 1st, 6:47 a.m.:

Germany stopped all imports of crude oil from Russia at the turn of the year.

An EU import ban on Russian crude oil, which comes by tanker, has been in effect since December 5th.

Now follows a German import ban on oil from the Druzhba pipeline.

The East German refineries in Schwedt in Brandenburg and Leuna in Saxony-Anhalt therefore have to change their sources of supply.

The Eastern Commissioner Carsten Schneider also sees the change as an opportunity.

Update from Saturday, December 31, 7:25 a.m .:

According to the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW), there are increasing signs that Russia's missile stocks are exhausted.

In view of this, Russia has increased its drone strikes on Ukraine.

The use of numerous drones in recent weeks indicates a "significant increase", wrote the ISW on Friday (December 30).

+++ Update from Friday, December 30, 6:15 a.m .:

The governor of the Kiev region, Oleksiy Kuleba, reported that in the early hours of the morning (December 30) the air defense shot down all drones that Russia was targeting infrastructure facilities in of the Kiev region.

Preliminary reports indicate that none of the drones reached their destination.

Russian casualties: Ukrainian anti-aircraft guns shoot down Russian drones

+++ Update from Thursday, December 29, 7.40 a.m .:

Last night, Russia's military launched 13 Iranian-made drones to attack Kharkiv's energy infrastructure.

Eleven of them were shot down.

This was announced by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Ukraine War: Ukrainian military hits 'important' military target

+++ Update from Wednesday, December 28, 6:40 a.m.:

According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Ukrainian missile and artillery forces have one command post and six Russian positions, as well as an unspecified “important” military one over the past 24 hours Hit an object and an ammo rack.

First report:

Moscow/Kiev – The Russian invaders have been deployed in Ukraine for more than 300 days.

President Vladimir Putin had originally assumed that the "military special operation" would be over quickly.

But that has long since been out of the question.

On the contrary: the Ukraine war is going downright devastating for the Russian armed forces, their losses are exorbitantly high.

A look at the statistics shows how problematic the situation has become for Russia.

According to the Ukrainian General Staff, the number of Russian soldiers killed since the invasion began on February 24 has now passed the 100,000 mark.

This means that the Russian armed forces are suffering an average of about 10,000 soldiers killed each month - an unimaginable amount.

Although winter has almost brought fighting to a standstill on the southern and eastern fronts, Russian casualties are still very high.

The reason is the battle for Bakhmut, where Moscow is obviously determined to achieve a largely symbolic victory despite significant losses.

(editing with dpa/AFP)