As of: February 29, 2024, 5:05 a.m
By: Stefan Krieger
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Kiev publishes daily data on alleged Russian losses in the Ukraine war.
An overview of the current figures.
Kiev – Ukraine has been defending itself against a Russian invasion for more than two years.
The war in Ukraine is claiming a dramatic number of victims – on both sides, including among the civilian population.
The Kremlin remains tight-lipped about its own casualties in the “special military operation,” as the war is called in official Russian language.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, on the other hand, publishes daily figures on Russia's losses.
However, this information cannot usually be verified independently.
Russian Losses in the Ukraine War: An Overview
According to the Ukrainian authorities, around 1,060 Russian soldiers have died or been seriously wounded in the past 24 hours.
The number of victims since the beginning of the invasion is 412,610. The overview of the developments in the last few days:
Date |
Losses in the last 24 hours |
Russian losses since the beginning of the war |
|---|---|---|
February 28, 2024 (Wed) |
1060 |
412,610 |
February 27, 2024 (Tue) |
850 |
411,550 |
February 26, 2024 (Mon) |
880 |
410,700 |
February 25, 2024 (Sun) |
810 |
409,820 |
February 24, 2024 (Sat) |
770 |
409,010 |
February 23, 2024 (Fri) |
1000 |
408,240 |
February 22, 2024 (Thu) |
1160 |
407,950 |
February 21, 2024 (Wed) |
1130 |
406,080 |
The figures come from Ukrainian authorities.
They cannot currently be independently verified.
Ukrainian soldiers near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region.
(Archive image) © Shandyba Mykyta/dpa
Heavy losses in the Ukrainian war: Russia's equipment
The Russian military's losses of vehicles, aircraft and equipment in the war against Ukraine are also high.
The following list is an excerpt from the figures currently reported by the Ukrainian military (as of February 28th).
Here too, the information cannot be independently verified.
The changes from the previous day are in brackets.
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Tank
: 6570 (+14)
Aircraft
: 342 (+2)
Armored vehicles
: 12,508 (+14)
Artillery systems
: 10,029 (+20)
Drones
: 7753 (+24)
Tanker trucks and other vehicles
: 13,112 (+47)
Western secret services with assessments of Russian losses in the Ukraine war
In December 2023, the US secret service put the number of soldiers killed or seriously injured in the war at around 315,000.
This was reported from parliamentary circles in Washington, citing released documents from the services.
The number corresponds to 87 percent of the total number of Russian armed forces before the war.
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We are currently providing information about all developments from the Ukraine war and the situation at the front in our news ticker about the Ukraine war.
Also in December 2023, Great Britain commented on the numbers.
At that time, the British Ministry of Defense estimated that around 70,000 Russians were killed in Moscow's war of aggression.
These are 50,000 regular soldiers and 20,000 members of the Wagner private army.
The number of wounded in London was estimated at 180,000 to 240,000 soldiers and 40,000 Wagner fighters.
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