As of: February 7, 2024, 5:46 a.m
By: Stefan Krieger
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Russia is attacking Ukraine with missiles in many places.
Ukraine wants to develop its own drones.
The news ticker about the Ukraine war.
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Russia's
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Ukraine war
: Kiev publishes current figures
The information processed here comes from international media and news agencies, but also from the warring parties Russia and Ukraine and their allies.
In particular, the information on losses suffered by the armies involved in the Ukrainian war cannot be independently verified.
Kiev – No big movement in the Ukraine war.
Most recently, the Ukrainian troops, according to their own statements, once again repelled numerous Russian attacks along the fronts in the east of the country.
According to the General Staff in Kiev, the focus of the Russian attacks was near Kupyansk, Bakhmut and Avdiivka.
Several attempted advances by the Russian military were also reported south of Bakhmut in the central section of the front lines.
Kiev's daily updated list of Russian military losses put the number of Russian soldiers out of action on Tuesday at around 390,000.
The information cannot be independently verified.
The Ukrainian side does not mention its own losses.
A Ukrainian soldier fires on Russian positions near Bakhmut with a “Bohdana” self-propelled howitzer.
© Efrem Lukatsky/dpa
Heavy losses for Russia: Kiev reports new figures
Soldiers:
389,560 (+1020)
Tank:
6365 (+17)
Armored Fighting Vehicles:
11,857 (+35)
Artillery systems
: 9367 (+18)
Air defense equipment
: 665 (+1)
Aircraft:
332
Helicopters:
324
Drones
: 7173
Cruise missile:
1848
Ships/Boats
: 24
Automotive equipment and tankers:
12,453 (+41)
Submarines:
1
Special equipment:
1496 (+10)
Source:
Ukrainian General Staff as of February 6, 2024. The information about Russia's losses comes from the Ukrainian army.
They cannot be independently verified.
Russia itself does not provide any information about its own losses in the Ukraine war.
Kyiv forms its own drone force
Ukraine is breaking new ground in warfare and, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, has created an independent military branch called “unmanned systems”.
He had already signed the relevant decree, Zelenskyj reported on Tuesday in his evening video address.
The new drone forces are “not a question of the future, but rather something that should lead to a very concrete result in the near future.”
Drones have proven effective in combat on the ground, in the air and at sea.
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“Thanks to drones, Ukraine has really changed the security situation in the Black Sea,” Zelensky said.
Through the use of so-called maritime drones - unmanned boats with large explosive loads - the Russian Black Sea Fleet has been pushed out of both the southern Ukrainian coast and the area around the Crimean peninsula.
Drones were also widely used in fighting along the fronts to inflict heavy losses on the Russian military.
“The list of tasks is now clear: special staff units for working with drones, special units, effective training, systematization of experience, constant scaling of production and bringing together the best ideas and the best specialists in this area,” said Zelensky, listing the next steps on.
This is now a task for the army, the Ministry of Defense and the government as a whole.
(Editor with agency material)