Russia is fighting with heavy losses in the Ukraine war. Kyiv gives current figures. An overview of the information from Ukraine.
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 is keeping quiet 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 Ukrainian War: An Overview
According to the Ukrainian authorities, around 770 Russian soldiers have been killed or seriously wounded in the past 24 hours. The number of victims since the start of the invasion now stands at 454,420. An overview of developments over the last few days:
Date |
Losses within 24 hours |
Losses since the start of the war |
|---|---|---|
April 15 (Mon) |
770 |
454,420 |
April 14th (Sun) |
890 |
453,650 |
April 13 (Sat) |
1030 |
452,760 |
April 12 (Fri) |
840 |
451,730 |
April 11 (Thu) |
810 |
450,890 |
April 10 (Wed) |
830 |
450,080 |
April 9 (Tue) |
850 |
449,250 |
The figures come from Ukrainian authorities. They cannot currently be independently verified.
Heavy losses in the Ukrainian war also in terms of 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 numbers currently reported by the Ukrainian military (as of April 15). Here too, the information cannot be independently verified. The changes from the previous day are in brackets.
Tank
: 7180 (+6)
Aircraft
: 347
Armored vehicles
: 13,796 (+31)
Artillery systems
: 11,593 (+34)
Drones
: 9266 (+31)
Tankers and other vehicles
: 15,510 (+51)
NATO announces assessment of figures
As NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced in Brussels on March 14, 2024, Western secret services assume that the number of killed or wounded Russian soldiers has now exceeded 350,000. The country is paying a very high price for marginal land gains, he said. Ukrainian attacks also sank or disabled a significant part of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Stoltenberg added.
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.
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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