Russia continues to suffer heavy casualties in the Ukraine war.
The General Staff reports numerous killed Russian soldiers.
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Current figures:
Ministry of Defense in Kiev announces daily losses of Russia
Putin's mobilization:
Moscow recruits more than 9,000 men
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+++ 4.30 p.m .:
Russian soldiers tried unsuccessfully to break through the positions of the armed forces of Ukraine in the Bakhmut region.
This is reported by the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense on Telegram.
“The situation is stable – there is artillery shelling every day.
Yesterday they tried to break through our positions, but the attack was repelled and the Russians retreated.
It's more or less quiet now," a soldier was quoted as saying.
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Ukrainian soldiers on their way to a position near Bakhmut.
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At the same time, the military noted that the Russians reduced the “dynamics of the offensive” compared to the previous month.
Ukrainian forces would defend their positions and repel regular Russian breakthrough attempts.
The above information is not independently verifiable.
Pictures of the Ukraine war: great horror and small moments of happiness
Pictures of the Ukraine war: great horror and small moments of happiness
News about the Ukraine war: Video shows destruction of Russian tank
+++ 2:00 p.m .:
The Ukrainian National Guard has released a video intended to show how the special unit “Omega” destroys a tank and an armored personnel carrier of the Russian armed forces in the Donetsk region.
This is reported by the Ukrainian news agency
Ukrinform
, among others .
“Soldiers of a special forces unit of the National Guard of Ukraine hold back the enemy in the Donetsk region every day.
Two shots and two hits on enemy targets.
In just one minute, National Guard Special Forces soldiers destroyed an enemy tank and infantry fighting vehicle," the National Guard said in a Facebook post.
The information cannot be independently verified.
News about the Ukraine war: Again heavy losses for Russia
+++ 12.34 p.m .:
Russia has to suffer further losses in the Ukraine war.
So Kyiv was able to destroy four armored fighting vehicles, as well as 13 other vehicles and fuel tanks.
However, the information cannot be independently verified.
Ukraine-News: Group Wagner with problems
Update from Wednesday, February 1, 10:42 a.m .:
More and more mercenaries from the notorious Wagner group are suffering from infections due to poor hygiene.
This is reported by the news portal
Newsweek
.
The Wagner Group is a paramilitary unit founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin.
The group also recruits convicts and foreign mercenaries.
Heavy losses for Russia in the Ukraine war
First report from Wednesday, February 1, 2023, 9:58 a.m.:
Kiev – Russia continues to suffer high losses in the Ukraine war.
In its morning statement on the situation, the General Staff of Ukraine again spoke of high losses for the Russian troops.
According to Ukraine, almost a thousand Russian soldiers have been killed in the past 24 hours.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces killed 920 Russian occupiers and destroyed 8 tanks and 10 artillery systems, reports the
Ukrainska Pravda
news portal , citing the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Losses for Russia in the Ukraine war: General Staff of Ukraine publishes current figures
Russia is said to have lost more than 128,000 soldiers since the beginning of the Ukraine war, according to the latest figures from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The information cannot be independently verified.
Soldiers:
128,420 (+920)
Aircraft:
293 (+0)
Helicopters:
284 (+0)
Tanks:
3209 (+8)
Armored fighting vehicles:
6382 (+4)
Artillery systems:
2207 (+10)
Anti-aircraft systems:
221 (+0)
Multiple Rocket Launchers:
458 (+4)
Vehicles and fuel tanks:
5061 (+13)
Boats:
18 (+0)
Drones:
1951 (+0)
(Source: Ukrainian General Staff report of February 1)
Russia's losses in the Ukraine war: Moscow has illegally recruited more than 9,000 men
Meanwhile, Moscow has admitted that since last fall it has wrongly conscripted several thousand men into the army for the Ukraine war.
More than 9,000 citizens illegally mobilized have been brought back home, Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov said in a meeting with Putin.
Among the men are those who should not have been called up for health reasons.
In view of the high losses in the Ukraine war, Russia is said to have difficulties maintaining troop levels.
This is according to a
CNN
report.
Unspecified Western officials said that while this will not stop Russia from going on the offensive, it will not make any progress.
It is becoming increasingly difficult for Russia to replace the losses.
(red with dpa/AFP)
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